I waited a really long year for the 17th book in the William Monk Mystery series and it was so worth it. Anne Perry is such a great mystery writer. No one can capture the feeling of Victorian England like her. She writes about really hard topics, but she never makes her books lurid and disgusting. Her characters have depth and weaknesses and struggle with complex issues that were part of England in the 1860's and yet totally relavent to issues found in our culture, which makes her books all the more interesting. She keeps you guessing through the whole story and just when you think you have it all figured out she throws in a totally unexpected twist. She is amazing.