Anne Perry

Auf dem abgeschiedenen Landsitz Ashworth Hall soll Oberinspektor Thomas Pitt für die Sicherheit einer schwierigen politischen Konferenz sorgen, aber den Mord an einem hohen britischen Beamten kann er nicht verhindern. Das geheime Doppelleben des Opfers läßt private Rache als Mordmotiv vermuten. Doch manch einer stirbt zweimal!...

Loyal, honest and, above all, principled. There is no finer detective in Victorian London than Thomas Pitt. It is 1896, and Thomas Pitt is in charge of Special Branch. He is beginning to understand the power he now commands, but is still ill at ease at the glittering events he and his wife Charlotte must attend. During a lavish party at the Spanish...

A William Monk NovelWhen 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...

A William Monk NovelInspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the help of Hester...

A William Monk NovelAfter a brilliant military career, esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets his death, not in the frenzy of battle but at an elegant London dinner party. His demise appears to be the result of a freak accident, but the generals beautiful wife, Alexandra, readily confesses that she killed hima story she clings to even...

A William Monk NovelWilliam Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand. But the river Thames and its teeming dockswhere wharf rats and night plunderers ply their tradesis unknown territory. Only Monk's dire need for work persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain, to investigate the theft of a...