Anne Perry that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England has once again surpassed herself with this twenty-first installment of her New York Times bestselling William Monk series In Corridors of the Night 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 The monomaniacal Rand brothersmdashMagnus a cunning doctor and Hamilton a genius chemistmdashare ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for what was then known asthe fatal ldquowhite-blood diseaserdquo In Londonrsquos Royal Naval Hospital annex Hester is tending one of the brothersrsquo dying patientsmdashwealthy Bryson Radnormdashwhen she stumbles upon three weak terrified young children and learns to her horror that theyrsquove been secretly purchased and imprisoned by the Rands for experimental purposes 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 friendsmdashdistinguished lawyer Oliver Rathbone and reformed brothel keeper Squeaky Robinson among themmdashscour Londonrsquos grimy streets and the beautiful English countryside searching for her Hesterrsquos time as well as the childrenrsquos is quickly draining away Taut with intrigue and laced with white-knuckled terror Corridors of the Night is Anne Perry at her magnificent unforgettable best Praise for Anne Perry and Her William Monk novels Blood on the Water ldquoOne of Ms Perryrsquos most engrossing books gallops to a dramatic conclusionrdquomdashThe Washington Times Blind Justice ldquoPerryrsquos courtroom scenes have the realism of Scott TurowrdquomdashHuntington News A Sunless Sea ldquoAnne Perryrsquos Victorian mysteries are marvelsrdquomdashThe New York Times Book Review Acceptable Loss ldquoMasterful storytelling and moving dialoguerdquomdashThe Star-Ledger Execution Dock ldquoAn engrossing page-turner Therersquos no one better at using words to paint a scene and then fill it with sounds and smells than Anne PerryrdquomdashThe Boston Globe.
