12th July 1998 is the common date of a car accident, a rape, a birth and the beginning of a love story. The main players of these events dont know that they will all be linked by a single drama eighteen years later.
2014. As a factory, in a small village in Normandy, is about to be sold to an investment fund, the employees start a strike. Nobody takes them seriously and the main leader suggests that all they need is a corpse. His burnt body is soon found. The police investigate and discover that the seemingly perfect victim had things to hide.
So murder, suicide or an opportunity to hit the headlines?
- Hervé Commère shows once again that he is a master in crossed destinies, the power of fate and the chain of events.
Hervé Commère was born in Rouen. He is the author of five suspense novels and now lives in Paris.
"A great novel about freedom, fate, coincidences, courage (or not) to take charge of one's destiny." M le Magazine du Monde
"A wonderful and chilling social thriller." VSD
"A perfectly mastered noir novel." Biba
"Thanks to his sincere writing and fascination for fate, this is Hervé Commère's best novel." Point de Vue.