Slaves of Obsession

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With each new masterpiece, Anne Ferry adds fresh and brilliantly alive new dimensions to her kaleidoscopic re-creation of Victorian England. Now, in her gripping new novel, Slaves of Obsession, she takes us from the exclusive enclaves where the wealthy live their leisurely lives to London's shadowy waterfront, where majestic ships depart for American shores to unload their exotic cargoes—including the most modern and deadly of weapons.
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man as emissaries from both sides of the conflict rush to purchase his wares. The quiet dinner party held by Alberton and his beautiful wife seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence in this well-appointed mansion. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Alberton's armaments.
Philo Trace, the... Tovább

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With each new masterpiece, Anne Ferry adds fresh and brilliantly alive new dimensions to her kaleidoscopic re-creation of Victorian England. Now, in her gripping new novel, Slaves of Obsession, she takes us from the exclusive enclaves where the wealthy live their leisurely lives to London's shadowy waterfront, where majestic ships depart for American shores to unload their exotic cargoes—including the most modern and deadly of weapons.
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man as emissaries from both sides of the conflict rush to purchase his wares. The quiet dinner party held by Alberton and his beautiful wife seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence in this well-appointed mansion. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Alberton's armaments.
Philo Trace, the Southerner, is both charming and intelligent, but a defender of slavery. Northerner Lyman Breedlove—to whom Alberton's teenage daughter has pledged her heart—is a disturbing blend of political zealotry and personal reserve. Soon Monk and Hester's forebodings are fulfilled. For within this group, one is brutally murdered in a cruel ritualistic fashion, and two others disappear—along with Alberton's entire inventory of weapons.
Slaves of Obsession twists and turns like a powder-keg fuse as Monk and Hester track
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the man they believe to be a cold-blooded murderer all the way to Washington, DC., and the bloody battlefield at Manassas. Yet finally, in a hushed London courtroom scene, Anne Perry holds her readers breathless and spellbound while Sir Oliver Rathbone fights to defend the innocent . . . and perhaps the guilty . . . from the hangman's noose.
Among Anne Perry's other novels featuring investigator William Monk are A Breach of Promise, The Silent Cry, Cain His Brother, Defend and Betray, Weighed in the Balance, and most recently The Twisted Root. She also writes the popular novels featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, including Bedford Square, Traitors Gate, Highgate Rise, and Ashworth Hall. Anne Perry lives in Scotland.
PRAISE FOR ANNE PERRY AND HER VICTORIAN NOVELS
"Intelligently written and historically fascinating." —The Wall Street Journal
"You can count on a Perry tale to be superior." —San Diego Union-Tribune
"An Anne Perry novel is a delight to read as much for its Victorian-era details as for the mystery it unfolds." —Chicago Tribune 1
"[A] master of crime fiction who rarely fails to deliver a strong story and a colorful cast of characters." —The Baltimore Sun gSmKH
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