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Synopsis

Joanna becomes embroiled in a kidnapping plot that takes her from Canada to the former Yugoslavia - the sixth book in a classic suspense mystery series, with an ending always sure to surprise!

To all appearances Joanna Emerson is a fully qualified, gold-medalled graduate of the world’s finest college of Nursery Nurses …

Engaged as a nanny to Benedict, newly born heir to a vast cosmetic fortune, she becomes caught up in a complex kidnap plot. But the enigmatic portrait painter, yachtsman and former spy, Johnson Johnson is never far away – and he knows the dangerous game she’s playing.

Before long, bullets are flying, and most of them in Joanna’s direction.

PRAISE FOR THE DOLLY MYSTERY SERIES



‘Dunnett tempts her fans with buried clues and red herrings that keep them reading and rereading the books’ New York Times

‘Delicious, funny, ingenious, glamorous, clever’ Listener

‘[Dunnett’s] women are among her strongest characters’ Guardian

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À propos de l?auteur

Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001) gained an international reputation as a writer of historical fiction. She moved genres and turned to crime writing with the acclaimed Dolly books, also known as the Johnson Johnson series. She was a trustee of the National Library of Scotland, and a board member of the Edinburgh International Book Festival. In 1992 she was awarded an OBE for her services to literature. A leading light in the Scottish arts world and a renaissance woman, Dunnett was also a professional portrait painter and exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy on many occasions.

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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0099257319 ISBN 13 :  9780099257318
Editeur : Arrow Books Ltd, 1993
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