The Twisted Root, by Anne Perry
"In a stunning feat of the imagination, Anne Perry encloses readers within the magic circle of her genius and brings to life the lost world of England's Victorian Age. Hoofbeats clatter on cobblestones, gaslight glimmers through fog, and powerful men and women live the splendor and shame of that matchless era. With The Twisted Root, Perry holds us rapt with a chilling story of love, betrayal, and consummate evil.
Young Lucius Stourbridge pleads to private investigator William Monk for help in tracking down his runaway fiancee. Miriam Gardner disappeared suddenly from a croquet party at the Bayswater mansion of her in-laws-to-be. But on Hampstead Heath, Monk finds the coach in which Miriam had fled and, nearby, the murdered body of the coachman. There is no trace of Miriam."
With the help of nurse Hester Latterly, whom Monk has recently married, and barrister Oliver Rathbone the challenging mystery is finally solved!
If you enjoy Victorian detective stories, you'll enjoy reading Anne Perry. Along with the Hester and William Monk books, she also writes popular novels featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt. In both series, the wives are instrumental in solving the cases.
This article (link below) I recently read from the NY Times online, about an officer who used his iPhone to catch a thief who'd stolen someone's iPhone, mentions "long-winded Victorian detective novel(s)" - pretty funny, I thought, as I was reading Anne Perry!
"As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass. But with apologies to Sherlock Holmes, an iPhone — specifically, the iPhone 4 — proved quite useful in helping police officers track down a robber on Thursday in Manhattan.
And at a pace that may shock any reader of a long-winded Victorian detective novel, it was all wrapped up within a half-hour."
Looking forward to my next Victorian detective novel!
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