In this quirky kids' thriller, a mystery must be solved when Bouly the lion is devoured by Ramona the giraffe.

At the zoo in Vincennes, a giraffe has devoured a lion! The minute she's summoned, the accused explains what happened to commissioner Serge Pillière:
"It was an accident!" she stammers to the sympathetic police commissioner.
But an eyewitness account from Sharon, the victim's widow, suggest another version of events entirely:
"It was a murder!" roars the widow of the deceased to icy Deputy Toothy. With help from his deputy and his teenage daughter, the commissioner slowly uncovers the truth.
A fable reminding us that all our actions, best and worst alike, stem from a single motive: love.