And on the 1st floor is a couple with an unhappy marriage, Dominique and Antoine. On the 4th floor, are two young female roommates, Mimi and Camille. On the Penthouse floor, Sophie Meunier is an older woman whose husband is Jacques Meunier.
Jess soon meets the various residents of the building. She finds his wallet containing a metal card and contact information for Theo Mendelson, an editor for The Guardian. On Friday, the Prologue opens with Ben, a journalist, working on a story in his 3rd floor apartment in Paris when someone unlocks his door and attacks him.īen's half-sister Jess, who recently lost her job, shows up shortly afterwards to stay with him and realizes he is missing. Jess finds Ben nearly dead and being kept in the old maids' chambers. Jacques attacked Ben, but Jacques was stopped and stabbed by Mimi (the daughter who was infatuated with Ben). Ben was investigating and was found out by Jacques (the father). She explores the building which has an extensive wine cellar and meets the various other residents of the building.Īs she investigates what happened to Ben, Jess realizes that most of the residents of the building are one family and that they make their money running an illegal sex-trafficking club (that masquerades as an exclusive club selling expensive wines). The two-paragraph version: Jess arrives to stay with her half-brother Ben at his apartment in Paris, but Ben is missing.
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