This is the story of a Montreal-born thriller writer Piers Le Gris. Piers is living in a drafty mansion in Avignon owned by Nelly Reboul, a beautiful French woman in her seventies and when Nelly's seductive 17-year-old niece Magali moves into the house, their quiet life is disrupted by her sensuality. Piers quickly becomes deeply entwined in the intrigue surrounding Magali's relationship with her obsessive and violent Arab boyfriend, and fears for both Magali and himself.