In her haunting new Victorian novel, Anne Perry brings to rich and passionate life the city that she has made her own. To investigator William Monk and his wife, Hester, the murders are a nightmare.
Reviews"Intelligently written and historically fascinating." --The Wall Street Journal "[Perry is] the most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha Christie." --Chicago Sun Times "You can count on a Perry tale to be superior." --San Diego Union-Tribune "Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood." --San Francisco Chronicle "Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens's eyes pop." --The New York Times Book Review "[A] master of crime fiction who rarely fails to deliver a strong story and a colorful cast of characters." --The Baltimore Sun From the Hardcover edition.
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SynopsisThe headlines are gruesome: two beautiful women found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. In Perry's haunting new William Monk novel, Monk and his wife Hester desperately hope to save a friend accused of cold-blooded murder. When it comes to the Victorian murder mystery, no one can top Anne Perry.--Chicago Tribune.