Sometimes a cracking thriller is exactly what’s needed for a rainy weekend, and French author Michel Bussi’s page-turner fits the bill – its intrigue, archetypical characters and formulaic plot are bound to make it a new crime-fiction favourite.
Built around a case of undetermined identity, the novel’s twists and turns keep the reader on tenterhooks. It’s 1980 and a plane crash on the Franco-Swiss border has killed everyone on board except a three-month-old baby girl.
Two families, one rich and dysfunctional, one poor and kind, step forward to claim her, starting an investigation that spans two decades – is this baby Lyse-Rose or Emilie?
