In 1999 , after publishing three cult novels, celebrated author Nathan Fawles announces the end of his writing career and withdraws to Beaumont, a wild and beautiful island off the Mediterranean coast.Autumn 2018. As Fawles's novels continue to captivate readers, Mathilde Monney , a young Swiss journalist, arrives on the island, determined to unlock the writer's secrets and secure his first interview in almost twenty years. Then, a woman's body is discovered on the beach and the island is cordoned off by the authorities. And so, begins a dangerous face off between Mathilde and Nathan, in which the line between truth and fiction becomes increasingly blurred...