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Londres, juin 1889. En rentrant chez elle, Enola découvre son nouveau foyer dévasté et constate l'enlèvement de sa chère logeuse, Mrs Tupper. Aussitôt, Enola se lance à sa recherche, et s'aperçoit que l'origine de cette disparition est liée à un énigmatique message brodé sur le ruban d'une robe appartenant à Mrs Tupper. De filatures en fouilles acharnées, son enquête la mène à la célèbre Florence Nightingale, infirmière britannique qui a dédié sa vie aux soins des malades, notamment lors de la guerre de Crimée, trente ans plus tôt. La grande dame pourrait bien être à l'origine du message crypté, qui, dévoilé, provoquerait un véritable scandale...
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BIO—NANCY SPRINGER Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults, young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical realism, horror, and mystery—although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE, recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Nancy Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War fame, when she was thirteen. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two children (Jonathan, now 38, and Nora, 34), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and birdwatching. In 2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area of the Florida panhandle, where the birdwatching is spectacular and where, when fishing, she occasionally catches an alligator.
