In 2011, the police discovered the body of a woman and her four children in the garden of a house in Nantes. The father, Xavier, is nowhere to be found. He was seen one last time in the Var and then… nothing more. Is he dead ? Has he changed his identity?
Based on the facts, the author of this novel, a former police officer, imagines that his path crosses that of the alleged murderer. He embroiders a gripping and entertaining story in which he studies all the hypotheses. Failing to give us the definitive answer as to what really happened, his novel grabs us and often makes us smile.
Since the release of this novel, the sister of Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès has published a book in which she claims that her brother was a secret agent, that he was undoubtedly exfiltrated to the United States, and that the bodies found would not be not those of the family. Pure madness which has fueled the debates in France for two weeks. This story is far from over.
How I found Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès
Albin Michel
220 pages