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Summer 1914. A world on the brink of catastrophe. In London, 26-year-old Venetia Stanley – aristocratic, clever, bored, reckless – is having a love affair with the Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, a man more than twice her age. He writes to her obsessively, sharing the most sensitive matters of state. As Asquith reluctantly leads the country into war with Germany, a young intelligence officer is assigned to investigate a leak of top secret documents – and suddenly what was a sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security that will alter the course of political history.

Thea Farmer, a reclusive and difficult retired school principal, lives in isolation with her dog in the Blue Mountains. Her distinguished career ended under a cloud over a decade earlier, following a scandal involving a much younger male teacher. After losing her savings in the financial crash, she is forced to sell the dream house she had built for her old age and live on in her dilapidated cottage opposite.

Une enquête sur la face sombre de l'adolescence. 2022, Sarrouilles, petit village des Pyrénées. Valériane Ducuing reprend connaissance chez elle. Bâillonnée, immobilisée par un savant entrelacs de sangles, elle repose au fond de sa baignoire. Un instant plus tard, elle réalise que le robinet coule et que l'eau monte lentement. À son oreille, une voix murmure : " Tu vas mourir, Valériane. "

Lorsque le cadavre d'une juge d'instruction est retrouvé atrocement mutilé, Thérèse Sadimenski et son coéquipier Raphaël Lurin, tous deux lieutenants à la section de recherches de Paris, débutent une enquête aussi difficile qu'éprouvante. En effet, l'assassin semble anticiper chacun de leurs gestes et multiplie les jeux de piste en faisant preuve d'une imagination qui n'a d'égale que sa barbarie.