In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. After that, the chances of being found alive go from slim to nearly none. ALEX Prévost - beautiful, resourceful, tough - may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out. Commandant Camille Verhoeven and his detectives have nothing to go on: no suspect, no lead, rapidly diminishing hope. All they know is that a girl was snatched off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van. The enigma that is the fate of ALEX will keep Verhoeven guessing until the bitter, bitter end.

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