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** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ** * THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* It's time to solve the murder of the century... Forty years ago, Steven Smith found a copy of a famous children's book by disgraced author Edith Twyford, its margins full of strange markings and...

Steven Smith, condamné pour braquage, vient de terminer une longue peine de prison. Ne sachant ni bien lire ni écrire, il enregistre ses pensées sur un téléphone portable afin de progresser dans sa quête. Sa quête ? Déchiffrer le code Twyford, inventé par une écrivaine de littérature jeunesse des années quarante, Edith Twyford. C'est un besoin impérieux, presque vital.

The mysterious connection between a teacher’s disappearance and an unsolved code in a children’s book is explored in this new novel from the “modern Agatha Christie” (The Sunday Times, London) and author of The Appeal. Forty years ago, Steven “Smithy” Smith found a copy of a famous...