July 1966. An isolated house in Narcissa, Oklahoma is the target of a bloodthirsty killer. A pregnant woman and a 5-year-old girl are assassinated, a mother and her son Desmond are left for dead.
Desmond will try to grow up despite the unsolved investigation, haunted by the killers face and confronted with his psychologically weak mother and his fathers blame : If only you hadnt tied the dog up.
2011. Now an eminent criminologist, Desmond leaves Chicago to spend some time in his dead fathers house in Arizona. There, he meets Lola, a French woman on the track of her husband who disappeared 3 years earlier on the Route. Her only clue, sent by the latter: a notebook reporting sordid murders that could be the link between their two private quests.
Author of five novels, detective short stories and a childrens book, Sophie Loubière also made a name for herself in the publishing community thanks to a unique literary program (Parking at Night, France Inter) and her reviews at France Info (Thriller Info).
"Through a well constructed investigation two destinies, that of Desmond and of Lola, unfold and intersect along the mythic Route 66." L'Amour des Livres
"Sophie Loubière has written a mesmerizing thriller, full of twists and turns, that definitely makes you want to hit the Route 66!" Le Dauphine Libéré