''THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING'' NEW YORK TIMES''ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE'' DAILY EXPRESS''IT''S NO WONDER THAT GUILLAUME MUSSO IS ONE OF FRANCE''S MOST LOVED, BESTSELLING AUTHORS'' HARLAN COBENPARIS, a misty night a few days before Christmas: a young woman is saved from the waters of the Seine. Unable to remember her name or how she ended up in the river, she is taken to the hospital - only to disappear into thin air.DNA testing reveals the mysterious woman to be famous pianist Milena Bergman - but that cannot be. Milena died in a plane crash over a year ago. As police captain Roxane begins to investigate, she is plunged deep into an impossible enigma . . . Is it possible to be alive and dead at the same time?