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For Superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable. The corpse lies in a battered punt drifting through the early mist, clad in a torn green gown and bestrewn with flowers. Pitt's determined search for answers to the victim's identity leads him deep into London's bohemia--to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman, and...

Two holiday novels provide the perfect combination of mystery and murder mixed with a generous helping of Yuletide cheer.A CHRISTMAS GUESTWhen her daughter and son-in-law plan a Christmas vacation to Paris sans hers truly, Grandmama Mariah Ellison travels to the chilly, windswept Romney Marshes to spend the holiday with old friends. But when the body of a fellow guest is found lifeless in bed, Grandmama senses foul play and takes it upon herse...

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

The latest charming Christmas novella from Anne Perry. A young girl is searching for the truth behind her uncle's death. Can she solve the mystery before the Christmas bells toll?

In the Royal Free Hospital in London every day battle with death, not with murder. So the discovery of the body of Prudence Barrymore, a nurse from a good family creates confusion and amazement. Although police say Kristian Beck, a foreign doctor is at fault, the hospital authorities entrust the investigation of the case to William Monk. Monk, together with wing nurse and friend of the victim Hester Latterly and brilliant lawyer Oliver Rathbon...

Arriving in Constantinople in 1273, Anna Zarides vows to prove the innocence of her twin brother, Justinian, who has been exiled to the desert for conspiring to kill a nobleman. Disguising herself as a eunuch named Anastasius, Anna moves freely about in society, maneuvering close to the key players involved in her brother's fate, including Zoe Chrysaphes, a devious noblewoman with her own hidden agenda, and Giuliano Dandolo, a ship's captain c...

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The headlines were gruesome: two beautiful women found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. To investigator William Monk and his wife Hester, the murders are a nightmare. One of the victims is an obscure artist's model. The other is the wife of Hester's cherished colleague, distinguished surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre who swiftly becomes the principal suspect. With an intensity born of desperation, Hester, Monk,...

The headlines were gruesome: two beautiful women found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. To investigator William Monk and his wife Hester, the murders are a nightmare. One of the victims is an obscure artist's model. The other is the wife of Hester's cherished colleague, distinguished surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre who swiftly becomes the principal suspect. With an intensity born of desperation, Hester, Monk,...

When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For without a shred of evidence, the countess has publicly insisted that the onetime ruler of her small German principality was murdered by his wife, the woman who was responsible for the prince's exile to Venice twenty years before. Private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester ...

Originally published: New York: St. Martin's Press, c1985.

Few authors have written more mesmerizingly about Victorian London than Anne Perry. Readers enter her world with exquisite anticipation, and experience a rich variety of characters and class: aristocrats living in luxury, flower sellers on street corners, ladies of the evening seeking customers on gaslit streets, gentlemen in hansom cabs en route to erotic diversions unknown in their Mayfair mansions. Now Perry gives her myriad fans the book t...

Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transact their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man can procure whatever he wants. But for one such man, the price he pays is his life. In sunless Water Lane, respected solicitor Leighton Duff lies dead, kicked and beaten to death. Beside him is the barely living body of his son, Rhys. The police cannot fathom these brutal assaults until shrewd investigator William Monk, aided by nu...

Once again, the distinguished mathematician Henry Rathbone is approached to help solve a mystery. With nothing left to lose, Lucien, the son of Rathbone's old friend, embarks on an act of bravery and self-sacrifice that will ultimately save lives and reunite father and son for a much-deserved Christmas celebration.

In her first Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery in three years, "New York Times"-bestselling author Perry delivers a tale of high-stakes murder and conspiracy with a cast of characters as rich as the Victorian London Perry evokes.

Crime and mystery in Victorian society. "A unique mystery novel, extremely well set and great psychological depth." Publishers Weekly. When General Thaddeus Carlyon, a distinguished veteran who served the Majesty's Empire, dies in an elegant party in London, no one suspected a case of murder. However, the beautiful wife of General, Alexandra, confesses as the author of the crime, causing a profound shock to the Victorian aristocracy. The detec...