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.