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Weighed in the Balance by Anne Perry
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Anne Perry is the author of many bestselling mysteries set in Victorian London.
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Weighed in the Balance by Anne Perry
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Mass Market Paperback:
384 pages
; Dimensions (in inches): 1.07 x 6.87 x 4.18
Publisher: Ivy Books; (October 1997)
ISBN:
0804115621
Amazon.com
Set in the mid-1800s, this mystery brings the passionate and exotic aristocrats of a tiny German kingdom into contact with Victorian England, in particular with William Monk, the darkly romantic hero of Anne Perry's historical series. Countess Zorah Rostova first approaches Sir Oliver Rathbone with a story of murder, accusing the woman for whom an exiled prince has renounced his crown of killing him. Rathbone hires Monk to investigate, and both men are bewitched by the alluring women in the prince's court-in-exile. In pursuit of the truth, Monk follows a trail from England to Venice and then to the kingdom of Felzburg, a journey that teaches him much about the political intrigue in central Europe during those turbulent times. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
"Scenes [are] described in lush, sensuous strokes by Ms. Perry. . . . Monk, the dark and brooding hero . . . infuses this luxuriantly detailed series with its romantic soul."
--The New York Times Book Review.
When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For, without a shred of evidence, the countess insists that the prince of her small German principality was murdered by his wife, the woman who was responsible for his exile twenty years before. Though private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester Latterly, manage to establish that the prince was indeed murdered, as events unfold the likeliest suspect seems to be Countess Zorah herself. . . .
"THE DENOUEMENT IS UNEXPECTED AND INGENIOUS."
--Los Angeles Times
"Perry serves up as arresting an opening as ever."
--Kirkus Reviews
A MAIN SELECTION OF THE MYSTERY GUILD®
Reader Reviews
Contrariwise Review-- my favorite Perry to date, August 20, 2003
Reviewer:
frumiousb
from Helsingborg, Sweden (just visiting)
I haven't read any Anne Perry in a long time-- largely because I wasn't enthralled by what I'd read of the Pitt novels. But I have to say that I really liked this book. I found all the character interesting because they had not only the trappings of the period, but also the appropriate flaws. I liked that Monk did not really appreciate Hester, and I liked his indecision about who to support in the slander trial. I even liked the slander trial and the forgotten European history as the centerpiece. Well done. I'll look for more in the same series.
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