Description

Nothing is as fragile as the memory of a child…

Malone, a child barely four years old, starts to claim that his mother isn’t his real mum. It seems impossible: his mother has birth certificates, photos of him as a child and even the paediatrician confirms this is her child.

The school psychologist is the only one who believes him. Desperate to find out the truth, he approaches Marianne Augresse, a police captain with better things to do with her time: hot on the heels of a a major criminal, she doesn’t think the wild fantasies of a child are something she should worry about.

But what if she’s wrong?

Publisher Review

Superlative... No other thriller writer can make you break into a sweat and break your heart at the same time. * The Times * PRAISE FOR MICHEL BUSSI 'One of France's most ingenious crime writers' Sunday Times 'A dazzling, unexpected and haunting masterpiece' Daily Mail 'Bussi cleverly breaks all the perceived rules of plotting in a story containing riddles within riddles: stunning' Daily Express 'Outrageously entertaining' The Times 'A tantalising story that wraps the reader in myriad enigmas - utterly spellbinding' Daily Mail 'Agatha Christie updated and then cranked up to 11: a blast' Shots Magazine