Near the Swiss border, the police chase a car which ends up in a ravine. What they found in the boot is appalling: the corpse of a young woman, face flayed, eyes enucleated and hands cut off. The CCTV of the gas station, where the car was last seen, is ominous: the car was stolen right there and the driver who died was not the owner. Vic, a hypermnesic, and his colleague Vadim are put in charge of the case.
In Paris, Léane Morgan is promoting her new book. Under the pen-name Enaël Miraure, she is the bestselling author of gruesome thrillers. Despite the many questions of journalists who want to know what she has been through to write such books, she has always been secretive. She cannot talk about her marriage which collapsed when her daughter was abducted four years ago. Jullian, her husband, never let go and to this day he is still looking for hints that their girl is alive.
When she receives a call telling her that Jullian has been injured and has lost his memories, Léane comes back to their house and discovers that her husband had find new clues. But without his memories, she has to face alone the truth.
Franck Thilliez was the 2nd bestselling French thriller writer in 2016. He has been commissioned by the Palais de Tokyo in Paris to write a short story as the base of a modern art exhibition (from March 24th to May 16th 2016).