On the night of December 23, 1980, a flight from Istanbul
to Paris crashes into the snowy Swiss Alps along the French
border. Of the 169 passengers on board, only one survives.
A three-month-old
baby girl is rescued near the
wreckage, but two female infants were listed as passengers.
Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie? In 1980, the science of
genetics did not yet include DNA testing, only blood
typing. So when both families of the girls claim the baby,
a struggle ensues between a rich family and a poor one,
with the courts ultimately making the decision.
Financed by the wealthy family, French private investigator
Crédule Grand-Duc has spent 18 years of his life
scrutinizing everything about the case, trying to determine
the girl's true identity. Grand-Duc has been writing
everything in a notebook he plans to give to the girl on
her 18th birthday. In his journal, he recounts all the
clues that led to so many theories over the past 18 years,
but no key to the mystery. With evidence that seems to lead
nowhere, how much of his journal can be believed? When the
final clue is followed to the truth, the climax is earth-
shattering.
Translated from the bestselling French version, AFTER THE
CRASH by Michel Bussi is a mesmeric psychological
thriller with a myriad of impressive twists and superb
surprises. The exploration of a two-decade mystery
complicates so many lives with shocking repercussions.
Readers are kept guessing until the final, electrifying
revelation. AFTER THE CRASH is sure to be a bestseller in
the USA, as well.
Hailed as "a novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of
reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time" (Sunday
Times, UK), a near-million copy bestseller in
Europe--centered on a tragic plane crash in the Alps and the
mystery surrounding its only survivor, an infant girl.
A night flight from Istanbul bound for Paris, filled with
169 holiday travelers, plummets into the Swiss Alps. The
sole survivor is a three-month-old girl--thrown from the
plane onto the snowy mountainside before fire rages through
the aircraft. But two infants were on board. Is the miracle
baby Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Both families step forward to
claim the child--one poor, one powerful, wealthy, and dangerous.
Filled with delicious twists and riveting psychological
suspense, After the Crash is an electrifying story of a
two-decade mystery, secret love, and murder--perfect for the
readers who swarmed to Stieg Larsson, Gone Girl, and The
Girl on the Train.
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