Antoine is 12 years old. His parents are divorced and he lives with his mother in Beauval, a small town surrounded by forests. But in the last days of 1999, a series of events unfolds, culminating in the shocking vanishing without trace of a young child. The adults of the town are at a loss to explain the disappearance, but for Antoine, it all begins with the violent death of his neighbour's dog. A dazzling new thriller from the master of noir.