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All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the brutal double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being held in the Old Bailey. The testimonies against Frannie are damning. But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life. 

All of London is abuzz with the scandalous case of Frannie Langton, accused of the double murder of her employers, renowned scientist George Benham and his eccentric French wife, Marguerite. Crowds pack the courtroom, eagerly following every twist, while the newspapers print lurid theories about the killings and the mysterious woman being tried at the Old Bailey. The testimonies against Frannie are damning. She is a seductress, a witch, a master manipulator, a whore. But Frannie claims she cannot recall what happened that fateful evening, even if remembering could save her life.

Dans la lignée de Sarah Waters et de Margaret Atwood, Sara Collins signe un roman noir gothique saisissant, qui nous plonge, entre la Jamaïque et le Londres du XIXe siècle, dans une véritable épopée où se mêlent colonialisme, esclavage et racisme ; culpabilité, amour et rédemption. Esclave. Frannie Langton grandit à Paradise, dans une plantation de canne à sucre, où elle est le jouet de chacun : de sa maîtresse, qui se pique de lui apprendre à lire tout en la martyrisant, puis de son maître, qui la contraint à prendre part aux plus atroces expériences scientifiques.