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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 there sleuths inch toward the dark and appalling heart of the mystery.
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Defend and Betray, Anne Perry
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Defend and Betray
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anne Perry
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 450
- ISBN10
- 0345513967
- ISBN13
- 9780345513960
- Series
- William Monk
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Detective Fiction, Historical Mystery
- Original title
- Defend and betray
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
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- 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 there sleuths inch toward the dark and appalling heart of the mystery.