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Author
Series
An Elena Standish novel volume 1
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the start of an all-new mystery series set in pre-World War II Europe, an intrepid young photographer carries her imperiled lover's final, urgent message into the heart of Berlin as Hitler ascends to power. On vacation from London on the beautiful Italian coast, twenty-eight-year-old Elena Standish and her older sister Margot have finally been able to forget some of the lasting trauma of the Great War. Touring with her camera in hand, Elena has...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
When a clairvoyant is found murdered following a late night seance, Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte become entangled in a bitter political battle over a crucial seat in Parliament when they discover that the wife of one candidate participated in the fatal seance.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
344 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ritual murder, mysterious disappearances, and theft spur Victorian investigator William Monk and his wife Hester to investigate an arms dealer and his seemingly flawless London mansion.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
198 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Heading for a rural village to replace the local vicar who is away on holiday, Dominic and Clarice Corde are stunned when they discover the corpse of the murdered vicar stashed in the cellar and launch an investigation to find a killer.
Author
Series
Elena Standish novel volume 4
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A lethal new weapon endangers all of Europe-unless Elena Standish can rescue an ingenious scientist from Hitler's clutches-in this action-packed mystery by bestselling author Anne Perry. It is summer 1934, and Hitler is teetering on the edge of supreme power. Any small step forward could vault him toward European domination. When Britain's MI6 gets word that a pair of German scientists have made a breakthrough in germ warfare, they send Elena Standish...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Private detective William Monk is hired by a mysterious client who wants him to discover whether or not her fiance, a railway firm executive, engages in fraudulent practices, a case that brings Monk face to face with his past.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
323 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a Victorian-era London beset by anarchists, detective Thomas Pitt investigates the mysterious death of Magnus Landsborough, the son of aristocrat Lord Sheridan Landsborough, during a violent gun battle between police and rioters.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
199 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the tranquility of a snowbound Victorian estate in the Lake District of England is shattered by a shocking murder, mathematician and inventor Henry Rathbone must put his analytical abilities to work to uncover the killer.
14) Seven dials
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
345 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Pitt of Her Majesty's Special Branch investigates the murder of a diplomat whose body turns up at a mansion inhabited by the notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari and her rumored lover, Senior Cabinet Minister Saville Ryerson.
Author
Series
A Daniel Pitt novel volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A killer is on the loose, targeting victims with a mysterious connection that young barrister Daniel Pitt must deduce before more bodies pile up, in this intricately woven mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. A serial killer is roaming the streets of London, and Daniel Pitt's university chum Ian, now a member of the police, is leading the search. The murders happen on rainy nights, but Ian knows the victims must have something...
17) Execution dock
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
When a thirteen-year-old boy is found floating in the river Thames with his throat slit, William Monk, superintendent of the Thames River Police, pursues a child pornographer who runs a sex ring using small boys. Monk's wife Hester and several memorable characters from Dark Assassin return in this richly complex story.
19) Blind justice
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...
20) Resurrection row
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1981
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
204 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English