Anne Perry, that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England, has once again surpassed herself, with this twenty-first installment of her New York Times bestselling William Monk series. In Corridors of the Night, nurse Hester Monk and her husband, William, commander of the Thames River Police, do desperate battle with two obsessed scientists who in the name of healing have turned to homicide. The monomaniacal Rand brothersMagnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemistare ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for what was then known asthe fatal "white-blood disease." In Londons Royal Naval Hospital annex, Hester is tending one of the brothers dying patientswealthy Bryson Radnorwhen she stumbles upon three weak, terrified young children, and learns to her horror that theyve been secretly purchased and imprisoned by the Rands for experimental purposes. But the Rand brothers are too close to a miracle cure to allow their experiments to be exposed. Before Hester can reveal the truth, she too becomes a prisoner. As Monk and his faithful friendsdistinguished lawyer Oliver Rathbone and reformed brothel keeper Squeaky Robinson among themscour Londons grimy streets and the beautiful English countryside searching for her, Hesters time, as well as the childrens, is quickly draining away. Taut with intrigue and laced with white-knuckled terror, Corridors of the Night is Anne Perry at her magnificent, unforgettable best. Praise for Corridors of the Night "[A] suspenseful, twisting narrative." Historical Novels Review "Anne Perry has once again evocatively and meticulously conjured up Victorian London. ... This is one of her best as she continues probing ... the dark impulses that haunt all human souls." Providence Journal "Pulls no punches and depicts Victorian London in all its corrupt glory." Bookreporter Praise for Anne Perry and Her William Monk novels Blood on the Water "One of Ms. Perrys most engrossing books ... gallops to a dramatic conclusion." The Washington Times Blind Justice "[Perrys] courtroom scenes have the realism of Scott Turow." Huntington News A Sunless Sea "Anne Perrys Victorian mysteries are marvels." The New York Times Book Review Acceptable Loss "Masterful storytelling and moving dialogue." The Star-Ledger Execution Dock "[An] engrossing page-turner ... Theres no one better at using words to paint a scene and then fill it with sounds and smells than Anne Perry." The Boston Globe From the Hardcover edition.
