Perry, Anne

A girl describes how things are the same even though her parents are divorced.

A peaceful Christmas weekend in the Berkshire countryside is disrupted by tragic events that no one, not even clever aristocrat and budding sleuth Vespasia Cumming-Gould, anticipated.

Investigator Thomas Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and defense counsel Oliver Rathbone work to save Alexandra Carlyon from the gallous for the murder of her husband.

Private investigator William Monk's long-secret past comes back to haunt him when the sight of new railroad tracks being laid revives nearly unbearable memories, while his wife, Hester, a nurse who operates a clinic for prostitutes in Victorian London, embarks on a dangerous mission to find out who is abusing her clients.

Superintendent Thomas Pitt, relieved of his Bow Street command after he unwittingly offends the powerful and secretive Inner Circle with his testimony against accused murderer John Adinett, is reassigned to the Special Branch in the dangerous Whitechapel slum, where his further investigation of Adinett leads to a deadly conspiracy.

Private investigator William Monk looks into the death of a wealthy matron when her private nurse is accused of murdering her.