Anne Perry Libri

Per il mercante d'armi Daniel Alberton lo scoppio della guerra civile americana è stato una buona notizia. Nordisti e sudisti inviano a Londra i loro emissari per ottenere da lui le forniture necessarie a vincere il conflitto e per sopraffare la concorrenza sono disposti a ricorrere anche al ricatto e all'omicidio. Infatti, Alberton e i guardiani del suo magazzino vengono assassinati e le armi contese tra nordisti e sudisti scompaiono misteriosamente. Monk e Hester indagano e seguono la pista di Breeland, l'emissario unionista ritornato troppo rapidamente in America con la bella Merrit, la figlia sedicenne di Alberton. Ma sullo sfondo di uno degli scontri più sanguinosi del conflitto, i due investigatori scopriranno una scottante verità la cui chiave giace sul fondale limaccioso del Tamigi

The servants have been keeping a secret and their efforts are about to be rewarded in the most extraordinary way... New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry's nineteenth heart-warming Christmas novella.

The fourth novel in Anne Perry's breathtakingly tense and exciting spy thriller series, featuring British secret agent Elena Standish, who will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to survive what lies ahead... It is the summer of 1934 when MI6 receives intelligence that two German scientists have made a breakthrough in germ warfare. British agent Elena Standish must return to Berlin to prevent unimaginable horror and, with the help of her trusted friend, Jacob Ritter, embark upon a mission fraught with fear and uncertainty. Meanwhile, her grandfather's old adversary Johann Paulus has risen to power as an adviser to Hitler. By his side is his loyal supporter Hans Beckendorff, who is married to Elena's childhood friend. But when Hans witnesses the bloodshed and atrocities of the Night of the Long Knives, he is torn between ambition and the realisation that he must protect his family from harm.

Imagination is the name of the game, and Perry plays it with distinction. Eye- catching, mind-bending illustrations.-Booklist

The fifth gripping spy thriller in Anne Perry's compelling series set in the 1930s and featuring young British secret agent Elena Standish, a woman who risks everything in her pursuit of the truth. 'Masterful! I guarantee you'll love Elena Standish! Brava!' Jeffrey Deaver

"William Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand; after all, they are where he earns his living. But the river Thames and its teeming docks--where towering schooners and clipper ships unload their fabulous cargoes and wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades--is unknown territory. Only dire need persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain's recently docked schooner, the Maude Idris. Monk is desperate for work, not only to feed himself and his wife, Hester, but to keep open the doors of Hester's clinic, a last resort for sick and starving street women. But he wonders: Why didn't Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Why did he warn Monk not to investigate the murder of one of the Maude Idris crew? Even more mysterious, why has Louvain brought to Hester's clinic a desperately ill woman who he claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend? Neither Hester nor Monk anticipates the nightmare answers to these questions, nor the trap that soon so fatefully ensnares them."--Publisher description.