On July 2, 2022, two criminals set out to rob a major jewelry store in Geneva. An incident far from being a common robbery. Twenty days earlier, in a luxurious estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Sophie Braun is preparing to celebrate her fortieth birthday. Life is smiling on her: she lives with her family in a mansion surrounded by woods, but her idyllic world is about to be shaken. Her husband is tangled up in his little secrets. Her neighbor, a police officer with an impeccable reputation, has become obsessed with her and spies on her down to the most intimate details. And a mysterious prowler gives her a gift that puts her life in danger. Several trips to the past, far from Geneva, will be necessary to find the origin of this diabolical intrigue from which no one will come out unscathed.

A thriller with a breathtaking pace and suspense, reminding us why, since The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, Joël Dicker has been a publishing phenomenon worldwide, with more than twenty million readers.