ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you
Nicolas, for his patience and his ideas.
Dr. Laura Varnam, for her precious advice and her enthusiasm.
Laure du Pavillon and Catherine Rambaud, my faithful early readers.
Jean-Marie Catonné, for all the Romain Gary data.
AT and his team, because, thanks to them, I was able to sit on Virginia Woolf’s bed at Monk’s House.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Tatiana de Rosnay is the author of ten novels, including the New York Times bestseller Sarah’s Key, an international sensation with over 11 million copies sold in 44 countries. Together with Dan Brown, Stephenie Meyer, and Stieg Larsson, she has been named one of the top ten fiction writers in Europe. De Rosnay lives in Paris. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
1. Key
2. Lake
3. Tower
4. Tongue
5. Powder
6. Ink
7. Blonde
8. Heat Wave
9. Meltdown
Acknowledgments
Also by Tatiana De Rosnay
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
First published in the United States by St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group
FLOWERS OF DARKNESS. Copyright © 2021 by Tatiana de Rosnay. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
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Cover design: Michael Storrings
Cover photograph: woman © Wessel Wessels/Arcangel; room © BertrandB/Getty
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-27255-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-27290-4 (ebook)
eISBN 9781250272904
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Originally published in France by Éditions Robert Laffont
First Edition: 2020
First U.S. Edition: 2021
