Anne Perrys magnificent Victorian mysteries established her as one of the worlds best known and loved historical novelists Now in her vividly imagined World War I novels Perrys talents have taken a quantum leap The Star-Ledger and so has the number of her devoted readers We Shall Not Sleep the final book in this epic series featuring the dedicated Reavley family is perhaps the most memorably enthralling of all Perrys novelsAfter four long years peace is finally in sight But chaplain Joseph Reavley and his sister Judith an ambulance driver on the Western Front are more hard pressed than ever Behind the lines violence is increasing soldiers are abusing German prisoners a nurse has been raped and murdered and the sinister ideologue called the Peacemaker now threatens to undermine the peace just as he did the warThen Matthew the third Reavley sibling and an intelligence expert suddenly arrives at the front with startling news The Peacemakers German counterpart has offered to go to England and expose his co-conspirator as a traitor But with war still raging and prejudices inflamed such a journey would be fraught with hazards especially since the Peacemaker has secret informers everywhere even on the battlefieldFor richness of plot character and feeling We Shall Not Sleep is unmatched Anne Perrys brilliantly orchestrated finale is a heartstopping tour de force mesmerizing and totally satisfying.
