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Un Animal Sauvage (A Wild Animal) by Joël Dicker (2024)

In July 2022, a Cartier jewelry store in Geneva is robbed by two men. The story revolves around the lives of Sophie, a lawyer with a panther tattoo, Arpad, a banker, and the complex web of relationships and secrets that lead to the robbery.

Twenty days before the robbery, Sophie and Arpad, along with their two children, lead a seemingly perfect life in a posh Geneva neighborhood. Greg, a man obsessed with Sophie, observes their family from a distance. Greg’s obsession with Sophie began after being invited to Arpad’s wedding party a month earlier. Greg is not part of their social circle but managed to buy a house in the same neighborhood through inheritance. Meanwhile, the two thieves are in the process of robbing the Cartier store.

Karine admires Sophie, and Arpad is friendly with Greg. Sophie and Karine occasionally have coffee together and sometimes Sophie drives Karine to her job as a shop assistant. Back to the robbery, the two thieves are attempting to steal precious pink diamonds.

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