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Commander William Monk: in search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth.It is a time of progress, with the Empire''s interests expanding and the contentious new Suez Canal nearing completion. Many people stand to gain - and to lose - as the world rapidly changes.When a Thames pleasure boat is blown up with the loss of many lives, an Egyptian man is quickly sentenced to hang for the crime. But William Monk, head of the River Police, discovers the evidence was flawed. As he and his wife Hester investigate further, Monk begins to wonder if the wrong man was convicted. If justice itself has been tainted, exposing the true culprit will be far more dangerous...

New York, 1904. Jemima Pitt arrives in a city where new american money and old english aristocracy collide.

The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 32nd novel in the Inspector Pitt series MURDER ON THE SERPENTINE. Pitt is on a secret mission for the Queen, maybe his last...London, 1899: Head of Special Branch Commander Thomas Pitt is summoned to Buckingham Palace.In the twilight of her years, Queen Victoria is all too aware that the Prince of Wales will soon inherit her empire and must be beyond reproach. She tells Pitt she tasked her close friend and confidante, John Halberd, with investigating the Prince''s friends, specifically Alan Kendrick, a wealthy playboy and betting man, but before he could report back, Halberd was found dead in a rowing boat on the Serpentine.The death has been ruled an unfortunate accident and the investigation closed, but the Queen is not convinced that all is as it seems and tasks Pitt with finding the truth.Forced to act alone in this most sensitive of investigations, Pitt finds himself embroiled in a plot that threatens not only the reputations of men, but also the safety and reputation of the Empire. . .

A Christmas Message is Anne Perry''s 14th novella in her festive series.Christmas 1900.Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt''s former boss and his new wife Vespasia are travelling by train from Jaffa to Jerusalem. Although enjoying their time together and the interesting people they meet, Vespasia soon becomes concerned that someone is watching their every move.When one of their new acquaintances is found murdered, the only clue is a mysterious piece of parchment written in a foreign tongue, and a message imploring Narraway to continue the stranger''s quest. Sensing its importance, Narraway and Vespasia decide to fulfil their dead friend''s wish.Continuing to Jerusalem with the parchment in hand, they quickly find themselves embroiled in danger. With Vespasia''s fears suddenly realised and a watcher on their trail, will Narraway and Vespasia''s fates follow that of their friend or can they make it to the Holy Land unscathed?A Christmas Message is the tantalising new festive tale from the pen of Anne Perry, the master of Victorian crime.

La tercera novela navideña de Anne Perry, la maestra de la intriga victoriana. Poco antes de Navidad, Clarice y su esposo, el reverendo Dominic Corde, llegan a la idílica aldea de Cottisham para hacerse cargo de los feligreses del reverendo Wynter, quien se esta tomando unas merecidas vacaciones. Con sus preciosas casas de tejados de paja, Cottisham es todo lo contrario de la lobrega parroquia londinense que los Corde han dejado atras. Sin embargo, Clarice presiente que hay algo raro en las sonrisas de bienvenida de los aldeanos. Cuando un descubrimiento sorprendente confirma sus sospechas, Clarice no puede resistirse a ir hasta el fondo de la cuestion. ¿Hay alguna oveja negra en el rebaño? Clarice se dispondra a encontrar la verdad... aunque implique poner su vida en peligro.

Thomas Pitt, agent des services très secrets de la reine Victoria, la Special Branch, et son supérieur, le glacial Narraway, sont convoqués de toute urgence au palais de Buckingham. L''impensable vie

la quinta y última novela de la serie de Anne Perry sobre la primera Guerra Mundial.En octubre de 1918 parece que se vislumbra el fi nal de la guerra. Los hermanos Reavley —Matthew, agente de los serv

In her latest compelling book in Perry's bestselling series, Inspector Thomas Pitt must navigate the upper echelons of society if he is to find a murderer bold enough to kill in Buckingham Palace. Narraway needs his most trusted man to deal with the investigation. It rests with Pitt to solve the murder - in doing so he must reconcile his own concept of justice with those who feel it is within their right to make their own laws, whatever the consequences.

The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips. On his floating brothel, sex slaves are forced to endure unspeakable acts. Now one such soul, thirteen-year-old Fig, is found with his throat cut, his tortured body tossed into the river. Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. But the miscreant is as wily as he is monstrous, and his wealthy clients seem far beyond the reach of the law. Monks attempt to bring about justice becomes the first electrifying episode in a nightmare that will test his courage and integrity. However, reinforcements are on the way. Monks wife, Hester, who runs a free clinic for abused women, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husbands causea canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. To one as criminally minded as Phillips, these folks are mere mosquitoes, to be sure. But as he will soon discover, some mosquitoes can have a deadly sting. This gripping, terrifying story hurtles toward a denouement that will leave the reader breathless but cheering. Execution Dock is Anne Perry at her incomparable, magnificent best.

Two beautiful women have been 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 the wife of Hesters cherished colleague, surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre who becomes the prime suspect. With an intensity born of desperation, the Monks seek evidence that will save Dr. Beck from the hangman. From Londons sinister slums to the crowded coffeehouses of Vienna, where embers of the revolution still burn in the hearts of freedom-loving men and women, Hester and Monk seek to penetrate not only the mystery of Elissa Becks death but the riddle of her life.

Mientras patrulla el Támesis al frente de un grupo de la Policía Fluvial, William Monk presencia la caída de una pareja desde un puente. ¿Accidente, suicidio o asesinato? Las cosas se complican cuando Monk descubre la identidad de los dos personajes: Mary Havilland, cuyo padre se había suicidado recientemente, y Toby Argyll, su prometido.

Mientras patrulla el Támesis al frente de un grupo de la Policía Fluvial, William Monk presencia la caída de una pareja desde un puente. Resulta imposible determinar si se ha tratado de un accidente, un suicidio o un asesinato. Las cosas se complican cuando Monk descubre la identidad de los dos personajes: Mary Havilland, cuyo padre se habia suicidado recientemente, y Toby Argyll, su prometido, cuya familia lideraba la empresa encargada de rediseñar el sistema de alcantarillado de la ciudad de Londres. Mary habia seguido varias pistas intentado probar que su padre no se habia quitado la vida, sino que habia sido asesinado. El propio Monk comenzara a sospecharlo tambien, y encontrara conexiones entre la muerte del padre de Mary y el mundo subterraneo de la ciudad. Con la ayuda de dos habitantes de este, Sutton y Scuff, de su mujer, Hester, e incluso de su antagonista, el comisario Runcorn, Monk debera conectar las pistas antes de que la muerte ataque de nuevo.

El padre Joseph Reavley se enfrenta a una dura convalecencia tras caer herido en combate. Estamos en plena Primera Guerra Mundial y un amigo de Joseph le habla de un invento para neutralizar los submarinos alemanes. Días más tarde, un científico involucrado en esa investigación muere asesinado. Alguien está filtrando información confidencial al enemigo... y Reavley ha decidido desenmascarar al traidor.

Branching out from her popular Victorian London sleuthing team, Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte, Perry ( Cardington Crescent ) introduces another exemplary "Peeler" (as in Bobby Peele, the first "bobby"), detective William Monk, in this period mystery with a pronounced and satisfying psychological dimension. After an accident in his carriage, Monk wakes up with no memory; ashamed to admit it, he bluffs his way through recovery and returns to work, where he is assigned a particularly tricky investigation of a young nobleman''s brutal murder. While tracking the last affairs of Joscelinsp ok? yes Grey, Monk traces his own history and dislikes what he turns up on both fronts. Uncovering unpleasant secrets within Grey''s aristocratic family, he also finds his gradually revealed former self to have been ambitious, cold and perhaps cruel. Integral to Perry''s rich, unpredictable plot is the Crimean War, graphically described by Hester Latterly, a forthright young woman of the middle class who nursed there with Florence Nightingale. While Monk''s unwillingness to face directly the questions of his past is often a stumbling block, forbearing readers will be amply rewarded by Perry''s resolutions of both mysteries. Mystery Guild dual main selection.