About the Author

Among Anne Perry's other novels featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt are Pentecost Alley, Traitors Gate, The Hyde Park Headsman, Highgate Rise, and her newest, Brunswick Gardens. She also writes the popular novels featuring investigator William Monk, including The Silent Cry, a Main Selection of the Mystery Guild, Weighed in the Balance, Cain His Brother, and Defend and Betray. "Her grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes, said The Cleveland Plain Dealer about the author. Hundreds of thousands of readers agree.

Reviews

"Intelligently written and historically fascinating.""--The Wall Street Journal
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"A political thriller and a rousing whodunnit . . . [Anne] Perry interweaves history and fiction so deftly that this narration assumes a seemingly monumental importance.""--Chicago Sun-Times"

"Though one of the pleasures of Anne Perry's mysteries is her atmospheric and vivid rendering of Victorian England, the plot of her satisfying new novel, "Ashworth Hall, " is as contemporary as today's headlines.""--San Francisco Chronicle"

"The Troubles perfectly suit Perry's gift for rooting large-scale social conflict in the minutiae of domestic intrigue.""--Kirkus Reviews"

"[A] rewarding series."--"The New York Times Book Review"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."