The Twisted Root - Brossura

Perry, Anne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0804119368 ISBN 13: 9780804119368

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 2000

Riassunto

In a mystery set in Victorian England, a perplexed groom hires private investigator William Monk to find his missing fiancTe, Miriam, who vanished suddenly from a posh party and has not been seen since that night. Reprint.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Among Anne Perry's other novels featuring investigator William Monk are The Silent Cry, Cain His Brother, Defend and Betray, Weighed in the Balance, A Breach of Promise, and, most recently, Slaves of Obsession. She also writes the popular novels featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, including Bedford Square, Pentecost Alley, Traitors Gate, The Hyde Park Headsman, Highgate Rise, and Ashworth Hall. "Her grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes," said The Cleveland Plain Dealer about the author. Hundreds of thousands of readers agree. Anne Perry lives in Scotland.

Dal risvolto di copertina interno

m enlists private investigator William Monk to track down his fiancée, Miriam Gardiner, who disappeared suddenly from a party at a luxurious Bayswater mansion. But Monk soon finds the coach in which Miriam fled and, nearby, the murdered body of the coachman. There is no trace of Miriam. What strange compulsion could have driven the beautiful widow to abandon the prospect of a loving marriage and financial abundance? Monk and clever nurse Hester Latterly, themselves now newlyweds, desperately pursue the elusive truth--and an unknown killer whose malign brilliance they have scarcely begun to fathom. . . .

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0804119368
• ISBN 13: 9780804119368
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile