MysteryLarge Print EditionFew writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood. San Francisco ChronicleWhen Countess Zorah Rostova sweeps into the office of London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone and asks him to defend her against a serious charge
Weighed in the balance
โ Scribed by Perry, Anne
- Book ID
- 107011622
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780786209781
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โฆ Synopsis
SUMMARY:
2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Simon Jones''Scenes [are] described in lush, sensuous strokes by Ms. Perry. . . . Monk, the dark and brooding hero . . . infuses this luxuriantly detailed series with its romantic soul''.-- ''The New York Times Book Review'' When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone to defend her against a charge of slander, he is astonished to find himself accepting. For, without a shred of evidence, the countess insists that the prince of her small German principality was murdered by his wife, the woman who was responsible for his exile twenty years before. Though private investigator William Monk and his friend Hester Latterly, manage to establish that the prince was indeed murdered, as events unfold the likeliest suspect seems to be Countess Zorah herself. . . .
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SUMMARY: 2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Simon Jones"Scenes [are] described in lush, sensuous strokes by Ms. Perry. . . . Monk, the dark and brooding hero . . . infuses this luxuriantly detailed series with its romantic soul".-- "The New York Times Book Review" When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London
SUMMARY: 2 cassettes / 3 hoursRead by Simon Jones"Scenes [are] described in lush, sensuous strokes by Ms. Perry. . . . Monk, the dark and brooding hero . . . infuses this luxuriantly detailed series with its romantic soul".-- "The New York Times Book Review" When Countess Zorah Rostova asks London