Sv\u00e9 o tom v\u00ed Harriet Westermanov\u00e1, man\u017eelka v\u00e1\u017een\u00e9ho kapit\u00e1na Westermana, kter\u00fd na sv\u00e9 posledn\u00ed plavb\u011b utrp\u011bl zran\u011bn\u00ed natolik v\u00e1\u017en\u00e1, \u017ee musel b\u00fdt hospitalizov\u00e1n. Aby mohla b\u00fdt man\u017eelovi bl\u00ed\u017e, st\u011bhuje se Harriet spole\u010dn\u011b s\u00a0d\u011btmi i sestrou ke sv\u00fdm p\u0159\u00e1tel\u016fm do Lond\u00fdna. P\u0159\u00edtomen je tak\u00e9 podiv\u00ednsk\u00fd Gabriel Crowther se z\u00e1libou v\u00a0lidsk\u00e9 anatomii a dal\u0161\u00edch ne zrovna obvykl\u00fdch praktik\u00e1ch. <\/p>\n
Po ned\u00e1vn\u00fdch ud\u00e1lostech, kdy spole\u010dn\u00fdmi silami vy\u0159e\u0161ili z\u00e1hadu okolo rodu Thornleigh\u016f, se jim do cesty op\u011bt postav\u00ed zaj\u00edmav\u00fd p\u0159\u00edpad. S\u00e9rie podivn\u00fdch \u00famrt\u00ed se zd\u00e1 b\u00fdt propojen\u00e1 s\u00a0opern\u00ed sc\u00e9nou, ale tak\u00e9 mo\u017en\u00fdm \u0161pi\u00f3nstv\u00edm souvisej\u00edc\u00edm s\u00a0americkou v\u00e1lkou o nez\u00e1vislost. <\/p>\n
A\u010dkoliv se to pro d\u00e1mu Harrietina postaven\u00ed nehod\u00ed a po posledn\u00edm p\u0159\u00edpad\u011b se o n\u00ed \u0161u\u0161k\u00e1 v\u00a0nejednom dom\u011b vy\u0161\u0161\u00ed spole\u010dnosti, ned\u00e1 j\u00ed to a s\u00a0Crowtherem se op\u011bt pust\u00ed do vy\u0161et\u0159ov\u00e1n\u00ed na vlastn\u00ed p\u011bst. Vypad\u00e1 to toti\u017e, \u017ee je do p\u0159\u00edpadu nejsp\u00ed\u0161 zapleten\u00e1 i jej\u00ed rodina a Harriet nedopust\u00ed, aby se jej\u00edm d\u011btem i man\u017eelovi n\u011bco stalo. N\u011bkter\u00e9 s\u00e1zky ov\u0161em budou a\u017e p\u0159\u00edli\u0161 vysok\u00e9\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Imogen Robertson vyr\u016fstala v\u00a0Darlingtonu v Anglii, studovala ru\u0161tinu a n\u011bm\u010dinu na univerzit\u011b v\u00a0Cambridgi a nyn\u00ed \u017eije v\u00a0Lond\u00fdn\u011b. Ne\u017e za\u010dala ps\u00e1t \u201ena pln\u00fd \u00favazek\u201c, re\u017e\u00edrovala filmy i televizn\u00ed a rozhlasov\u00e9 po\u0159ady. V\u011bnuje se tak\u00e9 psan\u00ed a recenz\u00edm poezie. Jej\u00ed debutov\u00fd rom\u00e1n, N\u00e1stroje temnoty<\/a>, vyhr\u00e1l v\u00a0roce 2007 sout\u011b\u017e den\u00edku <\/span>The Daily Telegraph \u201ePrvn\u00edch tis\u00edc slov rom\u00e1nu\u201c a z\u00edskal si sv\u00e9 \u010dten\u00e1\u0159e po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b.<\/span><\/p>\n Ve voln\u00e9m pokra\u010dov\u00e1n\u00ed se op\u011bt vrac\u00edme k\u00a0postav\u00e1m, kter\u00e9 ji\u017e dob\u0159e zn\u00e1me, jen se pod\u00edv\u00e1me do nov\u00e9ho prost\u0159ed\u00ed a spole\u010dn\u011b s\u00a0hlavn\u00edmi hrdiny p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu si budeme l\u00e1mat hlavu nad t\u00edm, co za komplikovanou konspiraci to m\u00e1me p\u0159ed sebou. Autorka si s\u00a0popisem prost\u0159ed\u00ed kr\u00e1sn\u011b vyhr\u00e1la a neb\u00e1la se uk\u00e1zat i stinn\u011bj\u0161\u00ed str\u00e1nky tehdej\u0161\u00ed doby. Postupn\u011b buduje nap\u011bt\u00ed a po kous\u00ed\u010dc\u00edch odhaluje d\u00e1vn\u00e1 tajemstv\u00ed. <\/p>\n