Mathilda's great love, Xaver, has left her. One day, just like that, he packed all his belongings and disappeared without a word. Mathilda suffers a nervous breakdown and recovers only slowly, as the mystery surrounding Xaver's motives haunts her. After more than sixteen years, she seems to have finally found her place in life: she's a German teacher in another city, popular with her students, she has friends and a life of her own. Then Xaver, now a celebrated young adult author, suddenly reappears, and the two revisit both their relationship and its end. The birth of Xaver's son just a few months after the breakup, his abduction, and the boy's unexplained disappearance become the focal point of the former lovers' encounter. They spin their ideas, fears, and fantasies further and further until, in the end, neither knows if the other is telling the truth: Did Mathilda abduct Xaver's son? Is Xaver more involved in his son's disappearance than he's letting on? A complex psychological thriller, sophisticated, unsettling and captivating until the very last moment. biography Judith W. Taschler, born in 1970 in Linz, grew up in the Mühlviertel region. After a stay abroad and various jobs, she studied German language and literature and history. She lives with her family in Innsbruck and works as a teacher and author. New product