One day in April, my three-year-old daughter, Carrie, disappeared while we were both playing hide-and-seek in my Brooklyn apartment.
Thus begins the story of Flora Conway, a renowned novelist with legendary discretion. Carrie's disappearance has no explanation. The police investigation has yielded nothing. At the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, a heartbroken writer is hiding in a dilapidated house. He alone holds the key to the mystery. And Flora will flush him out. A reading like no other. In three acts and two dramatic twists, Guillaume Musso immerses us in a stunning story that draws its strength from the power of books and its characters' lust for life.
“Guillaume Musso is a bewitcher who brings the impossible into his characters’ lives when you least expect it. Captivating.” Anne Michelet, Version Femina
“A novel as dizzying as it is dense, a high-flying, illusionist exercise on
the interactions of an author with his creatures. » Marianne Payot, L'Express
“A Machiavellian and jubilant tale. Guillaume Musso has written one of his most personal novels. One of his best, too.” Sandrine Bajos, Le Parisien
"Musso takes us on a journey of twists and turns and false leads, ending with a dramatic twist where we understand that we have been fooled from start to finish." Pascale Frey, Le Matin Dimanche
"Guillaume Musso brilliantly returns to the craft of writing, inspiration, real life
and imaginary... Life is a novel irresistibly brings to mind Romain Gary. » Alain Jean-Robert, AFP
“A labyrinth in the style of the film Inception.” Déborah Laurent, 7sur7
"With [his] novels that make complex relationships between fiction and reality the driving force of criminal investigations, Musso plays hide-and-seek with literature and with readers." Pierre Lemaitre, Dictionnaire amoureux du polar
