For fans of « The Fugitive », a fast-paced thriller in which a man wrongly imprisoned for murder escapes from jail to prove his innocence…

Simon Kepel has been serving a life sentence for ten years for the murder of actress Héléna Attias, whose body was found buried in his garden. For ten years, Simon has kept a low profile and earned points for good behavior in prison until one December morning when he is presented with a miraculous opportunity to escape…

This unexpected escape soon puts the police on edge, including the chief investigator, Talia Sorel. The more she learns about Simon Kepel, the more she sees that he made have been an easy suspect to imprison but perhaps not the right one. But still, her job is to track track him down and that’s exactly what she plans on doing.

Frank Leduc was born in Paris in 1968. He is passionate about history, sports, and nature. He made his debut in 2018 with his first novel, Le Chaînon manquant (Les Nouveaux Auteurs, 2018; Pocket, 2019), a scientific thriller that won him the Prix Femme Actuelle. Since then, he has published three other novels, Cléa (Les Nouveaux Auteurs, 2019; Pocket, 2023), La Mémoire du temps (Les Nouveaux Auteurs, 2020; Pocket, 2021) and Duel (Belfond, 2024; Pocket, 2025), which won the Prix des Libraires U 2025.