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Francesca's parents represented opposing world-views. Her mother always slid her way out of questions about the past, saying only “My life started when you were born.” Her dad, an absent bodybuilder, loved telling stories about his seemingly larger-than-life past. He said he would tell her anything she wanted to know. But more often than not, it was a total lie. When Francesca was 9, he went to prison, and her mother, the grounding center of Francesca's world, moved her half a continent away...

Lucius Asgren, fresco di Accademia, viene mandato per il suo primo incarico a Gardoue, uno sperduto paesino sulle Alpi francesi. L'ispettore non fa neanche in tempo ad ambientarsi che viene coinvolto in un'indagine per omicidio: a bordo dell'Occident Express, che ogni primo giovedì del mese passa da Gardoue, è stato trovato un cadavere. Tra false piste, sostituzioni di persona, rocamboleschi inseguimenti, e con l'aiuto della giovane Violette, Asgren dovrà risolvere il suo primo caso.