«Queen Victoria has a little problem: there's a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency puts quickwitted Mary Quinn on the case, where she must pose as a domestic while fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales. But when the prince witnesses the murder of one of his friends in an opium den, the potential for scandal looms large. And Mary faces an even more unsettling possibility: the accused killer, a Chinese sailor imprisoned in the Tower of London, shares a name with her long-lost father. Meanwhile, engineer James Easton, Mary's onetime paramour, is at work shoring up the sewers beneath the palace, where an unexpected tunnel seems to be very much in use. Can Mary and James trust each other (and put their simmering feelings aside) long enough to solve the mystery and protect the Royal Family? Hoist on your waders for Mary's most personal case yet, where the stakes couldn't be higher - and she has everything to lose.»
Conclusion enlevante de cette délicieuse trilogie policière à saveur victorienne! Y. S. Lee rivalise d'ingéniosité, encore une fois, en tricotant une intrigue riche en rebondissements qui fait voir au lecteur l'Histoire et ses Grands sous un autre angle: un regard humain qui ouvre la porte à l'étonnant, qui met en lumière les failles et les élans du coeur. Jamais vous n'aurez vu la famille royale d'aussi près... et apprécié autant les ressources insoupçonnées de la Reine Victoria! Un opus vibrant pendant lequel Mary Quinn explorera l'Amour dans toute son intensité, tantôt vertigineux, tantôt déchirant, mais aussi stimulant et enveloppant... À lire absolument.
Lili lui donne: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★