Three years after the affair of The House of the Dead, Henebelle Lucie, become police lieutenant, finds herself embarked on an even more grueling investigation. Rescuing a young woman suffering from anterograde amnesia (after four minutes his memory fades inexorably), Lucie embarks in pursuit of a dangerous serial killer who awaken in it his own demons ... The House of the Dead, published in 2005, won several prestigious awards and soon adapted to film, had the character of Lucia Henebelle and ended by leaving open a mystery about a young cop, a terrible secret buried deep in a strange wardrobe with tinted windows ... At the end of the novel, Lucia had promised to herself as much as to drive: "one day I would have the answers to all my questions." It is therefore with great pleasure that the reader finds this character, especially since The Phantom Memory promises from the first chapters to return to these mysteries left unresolved. And this is probably one of the great strengths of the novel: Franck Thilliez excels in the art of measuring the suspense and mysteries multiply to constantly maintain the reader's interest. What is he hiding in the cupboard tinted windows? What do the scars inscribed in the flesh of this young woman with amnesia? And what connection is there between this woman and Professor, this bloodthirsty serial killer who terrorized France a few years ago? Against a background of mathematics and amnesia, Franck Thilliez weaves a plot where all these mysteries intertwine and echo. In just a few pages, it grabs the reader and pulls in a game of macabre and thrilling tracks, punctuated by ingenious puzzles. And as always in the novels of the author, complex and crafted characters give maximum realism to the story. In three years, Franck Thilliez has become one of the greatest French writers of thrillers. With five novels, he signed a flawless down the line. A master of suspense which can only make us salivate and pawing impatiently waiting for the next novel ...
