Defend and Betray (William Monk, Book 3) by Anne Perry

Defend and Betray (William Monk, Book 3) by Anne Perry

By Anne Perry

After a super army profession, esteemed common Thaddeus Carlyon ultimately meets his loss of life, no longer within the frenzy of conflict yet at a chic London ceremonial dinner. His loss of life seems to be the results of a freak coincidence, however the general's appealing spouse, Alexandra, effectively confesses that she killed him--a tale she clings to even less than the specter of the noose.

Investigator William Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and tremendous Oliver Rathbone, guidance for the safeguard, paintings feverishly to collapse the wall of silence raised via the accused and her husband's proud family members. With the trial purely days away, those there sleuths inch towards the darkish and appalling center of the mystery.

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I stopped and stared but he walked on without me. I hurried to catch up. “Back when Byrdie and her mama first came to Piney Grove to worship, there was an old busybody in the congregation by the name of Ethel Cox. She had something ill to say about everybody. My mama was in charge of organizing the bake sale that year and she held a meeting at our house. Well, there wasn’t much talk about a bake sale that night. It was stuffy so Mama had opened the windows. I stood outside smoking and heard the whole thing.

He’ll never leave Bloodroot Mountain because the Cotters have lived here for generations, but I wonder if he ever wants to dust his hands of this place and move on. Millertown was the big city to me back then, before I went to Knoxville with Daddy once to buy a washing machine. Now I see it for what it really is, a country town with old houses and glass-sprinkled lots and the smokestacks of dirty-looking factories looming over everything. The buildings on Main Street are falling into disrepair but they still have character, with tall windows and painted brick and arched doorways.

One time I caught him off by hisself hid in the corn patch, reading a book of poems. His face got red as a beet and he flew so mad I thought he was going to fight me, just because I knowed he liked to read poems. ” Mr. Barnett talked about Myra’s granny, too. He said he could see why Macon was drawn to Byrdie, even though she wasn’t much to look at. She was brash and sassy and tough. “I seen her bury every one of her children and take to her bed for months at a time,” Mr. Barnett said. “But someway she always got back on her feet.

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