Alice Hoffman wakes up in a clinic alone, after her failed attempt to kill herself. Memories and pain are coming back slowly: Franck, her 11-year old son, has disappeared during a flood in Burgundy.
She meets at the clinic a policeman who seems to think that Franck did not die that fateful day. They will team up to find out the terrifying truth.
Michel Moatti is an academic and a journalist. His first two books, historical novels, were well received by the critics.