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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
198 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dominic and Clarice Corde think they've come to Brunswick Gardens to replace the local vicar who is away on Christmas holiday. When the vicar is discovered brutally murdered and stashed in the cellar however, it puts a different spin on things altogether. Now they must solve his murder in what is becoming a dangerously snowbound village with an equally dangerous killer on the loose. As the killer is revealed, the true meaning of Christmas is also...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Pitt investigates the murder of a maid at Buckingham Palace, narrowing his group of suspects down to several house guests who are meeting with the Prince of Wales to discuss the funding of a huge project: the Cape to Cairo railway. While the Prince might overlook the unfortunate loss of a maid, the Queen, who is due back soon, will likely veto any Royal support in the scheme if she finds out.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Charlotte Pitt's mother, Caroline, has traveled with husband Joshua Fielding and his theatrical troupe to Whitby, the Yorkshire fishing village where Dracula first touched English soil in the sensational novel. Joshua has arranged to produce a stage adaptation of the book, but the project is a disaster. Then a black-cloaked stranger emerges from a snowstorm who turns out to be a theatrical genius. But at the same time, a brooding evil makes itself...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
333 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
There's a mole in the Special Branch who's trading British secrets and it's up to Thomas Pitt to investigate. While he's dismayed at having to investigate his own men, he's even more appalled when he discovers he can't trust any of them. Meanwhile, Pitt's boss learns a retired spy could have unearthed secrets that could lead to war. Pitt helps him resolve that problem.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
372 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim's name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little, only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but, described as quiet and kempt, she doesn't appear to be a fallen woman. ...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Inspector William Monk searches for proof of his friend's innocence in a controversial and dangerous case, in the nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series. Oliver Rathbone, now a judge, is presiding over a trial for corruption. Proud of his elevation to this position, he is determined to be proper and fair, and, with much skill, convicts a deeply corrupt man. On the back of this success Rathbone is given a controversial new case: that of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigating evidence of a violent struggle at the home of Ministry of Defense member Dudley Kynaston, Pitt and the Special Branch discover the brutally murdered body of a young woman before realizing that Kynaston is not who he appears to be.
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nurse Hester Monk and her husband, William, commander of the Thames River Police, do desperate battle with two obsessed scientists who in the name of healing have turned to homicide. The monomaniacal Rand brothers--Magnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemist--are utterly ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for the fatal "white-blood disease." In London's Royal Naval Hospital annex, Hester is tending one of the brothers' dying patients--wealthy...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"Master of mystery and historical intrigue Anne Perry once again transports readers to the banks of the Thames in Victorian London for her thrilling new William Monk novel. In Revenge in a Cold River, Monk faces his darkest hour ever as he spars with a quarry hell-bent on vengeance. When Commander Monk of the Thames River Police is called to investigate the drowning of an escaped prisoner, he's forced to contend with customs officer McNab, who clearly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Privately summoned by Queen Victoria when one of her closest confidantes is found murdered, Thomas Pitt navigates the secretive world of London society in what becomes the most dangerous case of his career.
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