Slaves of Obsession: A William Monk Novel (Paperback)
Other Books in Series
This is book number 11 in the William Monk series.
- #1: The Face of a Stranger: The First William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #2: A Dangerous Mourning: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #3: Defend and Betray: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #4: A Sudden, Fearful Death: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #5: The Sins of the Wolf: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #6: Cain His Brother: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #7: Weighed in the Balance: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #8: The Silent Cry: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #9: A Breach of Promise: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #10: The Twisted Root: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #12: Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #13: Death of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #14: The Shifting Tide: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #15: Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #16: Execution Dock: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #17: Acceptable Loss: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #18: A Sunless Sea: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #19: Blind Justice: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #20: Blood on the Water: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #21: Corridors of the Night: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #22: Revenge in a Cold River: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #23: An Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
- #24: Dark Tide Rising: A William Monk Novel (Paperback): $17.00
Description
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Alberton’s armaments. Soon Monk and Hester’s forebodings are fulfilled as one member of the party is brutally murdered and two others disappear— along with Alberton’s entire inventory of weapons. As Monk and Hester track the man they believe to be the murderer all the way to Washington, D.C., and the bloody battlefield at Manassas, Slaves of Obsession twists and turns like a powder-keg fuse and holds the reader breathless and spellbound.
About the Author
Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including Blind Justice and A Sunless Sea, the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Death on Blackheath and Midnight at Marble Arch. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as eleven holiday novels, most recently A New York Christmas, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Scotland and Los Angeles.
Praise For…
“A rich tapestry of period details . . . Perry keeps up the suspense right to the end.”—Baltimore Sun
“When it comes to the Victorian murder mystery, no one can top [Anne] Perry. . . . This is one of her best.”—San Francisco Examiner
“Scenes are brilliantly etched . . . [Perry is] the most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha Christie.”—Chicago Sun-Times
“Meticulously constructed . . . Perry’s images of the carnage and confusion of battle are relentless in their intensity, unflinching in their truth-telling detail.”—The New York Times Book Review
“A welcome and entertaining read . . . Perry writes with a deft sense of history and place.”—The Cincinnati Post