Sins of the Wolf - Softcover

Anne Perry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804113831 ISBN 13: 9780804113830

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1995

Synopsis

"Perry [has two] strengths: memorable characters and an ability to evoke the Victorian era with the finely wrought detail of a miniaturist."
--The Wall Street Journal
Nurse Hester Latterly finds herself well-suited for the position: accompany Mrs. Mary Farraline, an elderly Scottish lady with delicate health, on a short train trip to London. Yet Hester's simple job takes a grave turn when the woman dies during the night. And when a postmortem examination of the body reveals a lethal dose of medicine, Hester is charged with murder--punishable by execution.
The notorious case presents detective William Monk with a daunting task: find a calculating killer amongst the prominent and coolly unassailable Farraline clan. Since Hester must be tried in Edinburgh, where prejudice against her runs high, there is little that the highly skilled barrister Oliver Rathbone can do to help. He can only try to direct her Scottish lawyer from the frustrating sidelines, and pray that Hester will not be sent to the gallows....
"When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better."
--The San Diego Union-Tribune
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE MYSTERY GUILD
AN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD

About this title

From the Publisher

This particular Anne Perry is my most favorite of all her books. What made this book most fun for me is that having worked for many years as Anne's publicist, she decided to base a character in this book on me. So it was fun to read the book and try to figure out exactly which character I was. I also enjoyed this particular Perry book as the two main characters, Monk and Hester, finally make some headway in their relationship -- a question that Perry fans constantly ask is when and if Monk and Hester will get together.

Kim Hovey, VP & Director of Publicity

About the Author

Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including Blind Justice and A Sunless Sea, the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Death on Blackheath and Midnight at Marble Arch. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as eleven holiday novels, most recently A New York Christmas, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Scotland and Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0804113831
• ISBN 13: 9780804113830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448