Anne Perry

A Sunless Sea Anne Perry

Publisher Marketing: Anne Perry s spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled listeners for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk a marvelously dark, brooding creation and, true to form, this Perry masterpiece is as deceptively deep and twisty as the Thames. As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but described as quiet and kempt she doesn t appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk s investigation? While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to London s fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang. Anne Perry has never worn her literary colors with greater distinction than in A Sunless Sea, a heart-pounding novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/30/2012 pg. 39 (EAN 9780345510648, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Romantic Times 09/01/2012 pg. 71 (EAN 9780345510648, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2012 (EAN 9780345510648, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/02/2012 pg. 19 (EAN 9780345510648, Hardcover) Booklist 09/15/2012 pg. 31 (EAN 9780345510648, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Contributor Bio:  Perry, Anne Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane, and the William Monk novels, including Execution Dock and Dark Assassin. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as seven holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Odyssey, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Scotland. Contributor Bio:  Lister, Ralph Ralph Lister's Audie-nominated audiobook work and best actor awards for both stage and film (2011 Grand Award and 2014 Eclipse Award, respectively) have led him into the delightfully strange worlds of the many characters he embodies in voice. Ralph has narrated more than one hundred audiobooks and directed over a dozen others, across all genres, both fiction and nonfiction. His film credits include roles in "OZ: The Great and Powerful" and "Alleged".