Funeral in Blue (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic Series) - Hardcover

Perry, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 078623640X ISBN 13: 9780786236404

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2002

Synopsis

When two women are found strangled in the studio of a London artist, including the wife of Dr. Kristian Beck, who is accused of the killing, William Monk, his wife Hester, and their close friend, Lady Callandra Daviot, set out to clear their friend's name.

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Review

The pages fly . . . Once again we re in the capable hands of [the] reigning monarch of the Victorian mystery. People (Page-turner of the Week)
Funeral in Blue captures and retains the reader s undivided attention. . . . The plot is intriguing on its own, but it becomes fascinating as Perry, with each new avenue of the investigation, seamlessly explores the nature of truth and the price at which it comes. The Virginian Pilot
Perry s historical mysteries suggestively peel away layer after layer of Victorian respectability until the underlying social evils of a gilded era are exposed in all their naked truth. The New York Times Book Review

An old-style private eye novel and an extremely good one . . . No one writes more elegantly than Perry, nor better conjures up the rich and colorful tapestry of London in the Victorian era. The Plain Dealer
Highly recommended . . . another gripping Victorian spellbinder. Library Journal"

"The pages fly . . . Once again we're in the capable hands of [the] reigning monarch of the Victorian mystery."--People (Page-turner of the Week)

"Funeral in Blue captures and retains the reader's undivided attention. . . . The plot is intriguing on its own, but it becomes fascinating as Perry, with each new avenue of the investigation, seamlessly explores the nature of truth and the price at which it comes."--The Virginian Pilot

"Perry's historical mysteries suggestively peel away layer after layer of Victorian respectability until the underlying social evils of a gilded era are exposed in all their naked truth."--The New York Times Book Review

"An old-style private eye novel--and an extremely good one . . . No one writes more elegantly than Perry, nor better conjures up the rich and colorful tapestry of London in the Victorian era."--The Plain Dealer

"Highly recommended . . . another gripping Victorian spellbinder."--Library Journal

Book Description

The eagerly awaited new William Monk mystery from interntional bestselling author Anne Perry

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078623640X
• ISBN 13: 9780786236404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 565