LE CINQUIÈME TOME DE LA SÉRIE D’ENQUÊTES PLUS COSY QUE MYSTERY, BEST-SELLER DEPUIS 30 ANS AUX ÉTATS-UNIS !
Dix mois après Noël, Lori n'en peut plus de tourner en rond. Alors quand Stan Finderman lui propose d'évaluer une collection de livres anciens à Tarant Hall, elle saute sur l’occasion. En explorant la bibliothèque et ses ouvrages, Lori met au jour des lettres d’amour datant de la Première Guerre mondiale. Et l’une d’elles évoque un trésor caché quelque part dans l’inquiétant manoir victorien… Guidée par Tante Dimity, Lori se lance sur la piste des mystères de Tarrant Hall – entre secrets de famille et esprits venus d’ailleurs – et l’aventure s’avère beaucoup plus captivante qu’une simple expertise de livres rares !
« Nancy Atherton a créé un monde dans lequel nous aimerions tous pouvoir vivre. » Publishers Weekly
Nancy Atherton is not a white-haired Englishwoman with a softly wrinkled face, a wry smile, and wise gray eyes, nor does she live in a thatched cottage behind a babbling brook in a tranquil, rural corner of the Cotswolds.
She has never taken tea with a vicar (although she drank an Orange Squash with one once) and she doesn't plan to continue writing after her allotted time on earth (though such plans are, as well all know, subject to change without notice).
If you prefer to envision her as an Englishwoman, she urges you to cling to your illusions at all costs -- she treasures carefully nurtured illusions. She also urges you to read no further.
Because the truth is that Nancy Atherton is a dark-haired American with a generally unwrinkled face, a beaming smile, and hazel eyes, who lives in a plain house in Colorado Springs. She comes from a large, gregarious family (five brothers and two sisters!) and enjoys socializing as much as she enjoys solitude.
So if you are looking for her at a convention, don't look for a stately grande dame in a flowery dress. Look for a woman in jeans and sneakers who's bounding around like a hyperactive gerbil.