On a quiet mountain road near Barcelona, a woman steps out in front of a car. When the driver, a well-known artist, stops to come to her aid, he finds she is alive, but without any memory of who she is or where she has come from. The only clue to her identity is the broken violin lying at her side. The artist tries to help her remember her past, and finds himself falling in love, but as secrets from the woman's forgotten life start to come to light, he finds his new romance turning into a nightmare...
Frédéric Dard (1921-2000) wrote a great number of works, using either his own name or that of one of his numerous aliases - especially San-Antonio, with a total of over 220 million copies sold.
"The French master of Noir." The Observer
"Unsettling... worthy of Agatha Christie at her devious best... classic French noir." Guardian
"Hugely atmospheric." The Times
"Disturbing from the outset with strong echoes of Simenon." Sunday Times