Everyone in the peaceful, remote mountain village of Carmac knows each other, and most of its residents look alike—until Bakary and Sylvia Langlois arrive with their three children. In stark contrast to the modesty of their neighbors, the Langlois family owns an impressive chalet and three expensive cars. Despite their differences, Anna and Constant Guillot form an uneasy, ambiguous friendship with these newcomers. But when both families begin experiencing financial troubles, the underlying class and racial tensions of their relationship come to a breaking point, and the unthinkable happens.

"In her first novel to be translated into English, Sedira packs a powerful punch…. Deeply unsettling yet compulsively readable."—Kirkus Reviews (starred)