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In her beloved Christmas novels, Anne Perry brings readers both the authentic Victorian charm and the nail-biting suspense that have made her Thomas Pitt and William Monk tales bestsellers for a generation. Though rife with intrigue, these special seasonal stories beam with the blessed light of the holiday. Ten days before Christmas, as an icy wind cuts through London, wealthy James Wentworth feels not joy but grief. His reckless son, Lucien, has...
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An exiled German prince falls from his horse in Victorian England and his wife is accused of murder. It's a scandal of international proportions and the man expected to sort out the truth from the lies is series sleuth William Monk. First though he must polish his manners. By the author of Cain His Brother
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"On a sunny afternoon in late June, Cambridge professor Joseph Reavley is summoned from a student cricket match to learn that his parents have died in an automobile crash. Joseph's brother, Matthew, as officer in the Intelligence Service, reveals that their father had been en route to London to turn over to him a mysterious secret document - allegedly with the power to disgrace England forever and destroy the civilized world. A paper so damning that...
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Superintendent Pitt investigates a blackmail ring, threatening to ruin the reputation of prominent people in Victorian London. It all begins with the discovery of a dead body outside a general's house. By the author of Brunswick Gardens.
The freshly dead body sprawled on the Bedford Square doorstep of eneral Brandon Balantyne is an affront to every respectable sensibility. the general denies all knowledge of the shabbily dressed victim who has so...
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The tenth novel in the riveting series featuring Victorian private eye William Monk - by the acclaimed author of A Breach of Promise. In stunning feats of imagination, Anne Perry brings to life the lost world of England's Victorian Age. With The Twisted Root, she holds us rapt with a chilling story of love, betrayal, and consummate evil. Miriam Gardiner has disappeared from a croquet party at the luxurious mansion of her future in-laws. On Hampstead...