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Crime writer Anne Perry dies aged 84

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Crime writer Anne Perry dies aged 84

Apr 13 2023

Anne Perry, author of more than 100 novels that have sold more than 26 million copies worldwide died on April 10. She was 84.

Her work included two suspense series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She also wrote a series of books featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel; as well as the Elena Standish series, set during World War I; 19 Christmas holiday novellas; a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire; and short stories. Her most recent novel is The Traitor Among Us, the fifth installment in the Elena Standish series, to be published in September.

Source: Shelf Awareness

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