One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached by a terrified girl. She's from a hidden ward of children, all subject to frequent blood-letting, and her brother is dying.
When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia...
London, 1856. It is a time of progress, with the Empire's interests expanding and the Suez Canal nearing completion. Many people stand to gain - and to lose - as the world rapidly changes.
London 1896: Die Ehefrau eines angesehenen Bankiers wird in ihrem Privathaus am Eaton Square vergewaltigt und ermordet. Wenige Tage darauf flüchtet die Tochter eines Botschafters panisch vor einem jungen Mann, und es kommt zur Katastrophe. Thomas...
The 28th novel in the highly acclaimed crime series takes readers back to 1896, where Thomas Pitt is in charge of the Special Branch. But when Pitt is informed that his wife has been viciously assaulted at their home, and it is likely that the assailant...
Two figures plunge to their deaths in the Thames: Inspector William Monk, now serving with the River Police, and his wife Hester, are soon drawn into the mystery. 'A cross between Charles Dickens and Ian Rankin.. beautifully crafted Victorian crime'...
The third novel in Anne Perry's insightful and hard-hitting quintet charting the English experience of the First World War. Follows 'No Graves as Yet' and 'Shoulder in the Sky'.