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Defend and Betray

Anne Perry

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#4035 of 8,085 books · #636 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (1992).

After a brilliant military career, esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets his death, not in the frenzy of battle but at an elegant London dinner party. His demise appears to be the result of a freak accident, but the general's beautiful wife, Alexandra, readily confesses that she killed him—a story she clings to even under the threat of the noose. Investigator William Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and brilliant Oliver Rathbone, counsel for the defense, work feverishly to break down the wall of silence raised by the accused and her husband's proud family. With the trial only days away, these three sleuths inch toward the dark and appalling heart of the mystery.

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Publisher
Chivers
ISBN-13
9781560546252
Topics
Murder investigationVictorian society and justiceFamily secrets

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