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Anne Perry, that incomparable novelist of life in Victorian England, has once again surpassed herself, with this twenty-first installment of her<i>New York Times</i> bestselling William Monk series. In <i>Corridors of the Night,</i>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.<br><br>The monomaniacal Rand brothersâEuro"Magnus, a cunning doctor, and Hamilton, a genius chemistâEuro"are ruthless in their pursuit of a cure for what was then known as the fatal âEuro²white-blood disease." In LondonâEuros Royal Naval Hospital annex, Hester is tending one of the brothersâEuro dying patientsâEuro"wealthy Bryson RadnorâEuro"when she stumbles upon three weak, terrified young children, and learns to her horror that theyâEurove been secretly purchased and imprisoned by the Rands for experimental purposes.<br><br>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 friendsâEuro"distinguished lawyer Oliver Rathbone and reformed brothel keeper Squeaky Robinson among themâEuro"scour LondonâEuros grimy streets and the beautiful English countryside searching for her, HesterâEuros time, as well as the childrenâEuros, is quickly draining away.<br><br>Taut with intrigue and laced with white-knuckled terror, <i>Corridors of the Night</i>is Anne Perry at her magnificent, unforgettable best.<br><br><b>Praise for Anne Perry and Her William Monk novels</b><br><b></b><br><b><i>Blood on the Water</i></b><br><b></b><br>âEuro²One of Ms. PerryâEuros most engrossing books . . . gallops to a dramatic conclusion."<b>âEuro"<i>The Washington Times</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>Blind Justice</i></b><br><b></b><br>âEuro²[PerryâEuros] courtroom scenes have the realism of Scott Turow."<b>âEuro"<i>Huntington News</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>A Sunless Sea</i></b><br><br>âEuro²Anne PerryâEuros Victorian mysteries are marvels."<b>âEuro"<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b><br><b></b><br><b><i>Acceptable Loss</i></b><br><b></b><br>âEuro²Masterful storytelling and moving dialogue."<b>âEuro"<i>The Star-Ledger</i></b><br><i></i><br><b><i>Execution Dock</i></b><br><br>âEuro²[An] engrossing page-turner . . . ThereâEuros no one better at using words to paint a scene and then fill it with sounds and smells than Anne Perry."<b>âEuro"<i>The Boston Globe</i></b>