Laberintos de la noche/ Corridors of the Night (Paperback)
Anne Perry
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Add to basketPaperback. William Monk y su inseparable companera Hester, enfrentados a dos cientificos convertidos en asesinos. Los hermanos Rand -Magnus, un medico astuto, y Hamilton, un genio de la quimica- buscan obsesivamente una cura para lo que por entonces se conoce como la enfermedad de la sangre blanca. En un anexo del Hospital de Greenwich, la enfermera Hester Monk esta atendiendo al adinerado Bryson Radnor, uno de los pacientes moribundos de los hermanos Rand, cuando topa con tres ninos debiles y aterrorizados, y se da cuenta con horror de que los dos cientificos los han comprado para realizar experimentos con ellos. Los Rand estan a punto de conseguir una cura milagrosa, y no pueden correr el riesgo de que se conozcan sus experimentos. Antes de que Hester pueda revelar el secreto, ella tambien cae prisionera. Mientras el comandante Wiliam Monk y sus fieles buscan a Hester en las oscuras calles londinenses y la bella campina inglesa, el tiempo se agota para la valiente enfermera y los ninos a los que intenta proteger. La critica ha dicho.Intrincado y lleno de suspense.Historical Novels ReviewNuevamente, Anne Perry evoca de forma meticulosa el Londres de la era victoriana. Esta es una de sus mejores novelas, y ella continua explorando los oscuros impulsos que acechan nuestra alma.Providence JournalDescribe el Londres de la epoca victoriana en toda su corrupta gloria.BookreporterLa disfrutaran tanto los fans de la serie como los nuevos lectores.Deseret NewsLas tramas de las novelas de Anne Perry estan maravillosamente elaboradas.The New York TimesLa investigacion culmina en un juicio que deja sin aliento.BooklistENGLISH DESCRIPTIONAnne Perry, that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England, has once again surpassed herself, with this twenty-first installment of her New York Times bestselling William Monk series. In Corridors of the Night, 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 brothersMagnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemistare ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for what was then known as the fatal "white-blood disease." In Londons Royal Naval Hospital annex, Hester is tending one of the brothers dying patientswealthy Bryson Radnorwhen she stumbles upon three weak, terrified young children, and learns to her horror that theyve been secretly purchased and imprisoned by the Rands for experimental purposes.But the Rand brothers are too close to a miracle cure to allow their experiments to be exposed. Before Hester can reveal the truth, she too becomes a prisoner. As Monk and his faithful friendsdistinguished lawyer Oliver Rathbone and reformed brothel keeper Squeaky Robinson among themscour Londons grimy streets and the beautiful English countryside searching for her, Hesters time, as well as the childrens, is quickly draining away. Taut with intrigue and laced with white-knuckled terror, Corridors of the Night is Anne Perry at her magnificent, unforgettable best.Praise for Corridors of the Night [A] suspenseful, twisting narrative.Historical Novels Review Anne Perry has once again evocatively and meticulously conjured up Victorian London. . . . This is one of her best as she continues probing . . . the dark impulses that haunt all human so Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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