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Corridors of the Night

Corridors of the Night
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Autor / Verfasser Perry, Anne
Titel / Zusatz zum Titel Corridors of the Night : Elektronische Ressource
Verlagsangaben Random House Digital,
Umfang / Illustrationen / Beilagen u.a. 288 S. ;
Sprache / Schrift Englisch
ISBN / 9780553391398
Inhaltsangabe Anne Perry, that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England, has once again surpassed herself, with this twenty-first installment of her<i>New York Times</i> bestselling William Monk series. In <i>Corridors of the Night,</i>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.<br><br>The monomaniacal Rand brothersâ"Magnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemistâ"are ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for what was then known as the fatal âwhite-blood disease." In Londonâs Royal Naval Hospital annex, Hester is tending one of the brothersâ dying patientsâ"wealthy Bryson Radnorâ"when she stumbles upon three weak, terrified young children, and learns to her horror that theyâve been secretly purchased and imprisoned by the Rands for experimental purposes.<br><br>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 friendsâ"distinguished lawyer Oliver Rathbone and reformed brothel keeper Squeaky Robinson among themâ"scour Londonâs grimy streets and the beautiful English countryside searching for her, Hesterâs time, as well as the childrenâs, is quickly draining away.<br><br>Taut with intrigue and laced with white-knuckled terror, <i>Corridors of the Night</i>is Anne Perry at her magnificent, unforgettable best.<br><br><b>Praise for Anne Perry and Her William Monk novels</b><br><b></b><br><b><i>Blood on the Water</i></b><br><b></b><br>âOne of Ms. Perryâs most engrossing books . . . gallops to a dramatic conclusion."<b>â"<i>The Washington Times</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>Blind Justice</i></b><br><b></b><br>â[Perryâs] courtroom scenes have the realism of Scott Turow."<b>â"<i>Huntington News</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>A Sunless Sea</i></b><br><br>âAnne Perryâs Victorian mysteries are marvels."<b>â"<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b></b><br><b><i>Acceptable Loss</i></b><br><b></b><br>âMasterful storytelling and moving dialogue."<b>â"<i>The Star-Ledger</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>Execution Dock</i></b><br><br>â[An] engrossing page-turner . . . Thereâs no one better at using words to paint a scene and then fill it with sounds and smells than Anne Perry."<b>â"<i>The Boston Globe</i></b>
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