Annika Niebuhr est médecin au prince of Wales Hospital de Sydney. Fascinée par les reptiles depuis l'enfance, elle s'est spécialisée dans le traitement des morsures de serpents et figure parmi les autorités en la matière. Un jour, une jeune inconnue arrive dans son service, amenée par des touristes suédois. Elle présente tous les symptômes d'une morsure de serpent. Annika lui administre les soins d'urgence. Mais malgré les efforts déployés pour sauver la jeune fille, elle ne peut que constater la mort clinique. C'est alors que se produit un coup de théâtre : littéralement ressuscitée, l'inconnue arrache sondes et perfusions, se redresse sur son lit et s'enfuit devant l'équipe médicale pétrifiée ! Pour Annika, scientifique à l'esprit rationnel, ce n'est que le début d'une série de manifestations confondantes qui vont bouleverser son existence. L'auteur d'incertitude (rivages/noir n°397) signe un roman foisonnant ou il mêle avec brio la science et la fiction.
Exotisme australien, suspense bien présenté et réflexions scientifiques élaborées font de ce roman criminel, avec une pointe de science-fiction, une lecture délectable.
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