The Sins Of The Wolf (original 1994; edition 1997)

by Anne Perry

Series: William Monk (5)

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Nurse Hester Latterly finds herself well suited for the task: accompany Mrs. Mary Farraline, an elderly Scottish lady in delicate health, on a short train trip to London. Yet Hester's simple job takes a grave turn when Mrs. Farraline dies during the night. And when a postmortem examination of the body reveals a lethal dose of medicine, Hester is charged with murder-punishable by execution. This notorious case presents detective William Monk with a daunting task: find a calculating killer among the prominent and coolly unassailable Farraline clan-and try to save Hester from the gallows.… (more)

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Title:	The Sins Of The Wolf
Authors:	Anne Perry
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"The Sins of the Wolf have come home!" This quote, from the fifth installment of the William Monk Series, "Sins of the Wolf" refers to Dante's inferno. The Lion, The Leopard, and the Wolf in Hell all represent different aspects of sinfulness. Read the engrossing book and discover the "Sins of the Wolf".
Hester is accused of committing the murder of Mary Farralane, the matriarch of a rich and powerful family.
Does the Farralane family havescandalous secrets, all-cause for murder? (

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Chrissylou62 | Apr 11, 2024 |

Best in Monk series I've read to date

derailer | Jan 25, 2024 |

This book was more intense even than the other four because of the horrors experienced by Hester through the judicial system. Monk and Oliver are frantically trying to find the answers to save her. The Farraline family has many secrets that are finally revealed. I’ve been to Edinburgh and so I could picture the setting very easily. (

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LuLibro | Jan 22, 2024 |

Engrossing read because of the character development and the author's real skill at painting word pictures. The mystery itself became too convoluted by the end. There was no need for quite so many unrelated family secrets. However, the courtroom scenes are, as usual in this series, extremely interesting reading. But Monk the private detective, and Hester, the war nurse now on trial for her life, became even more of an enjoyable team by the end. The tension between them is acute, but I hope in the next books they drop some of the quarreling. Looking forward to the next. (

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Alishadt | Feb 25, 2023 |

I am really enjoying the William Monk series, this novel was the most gripping yet as a well-loved character was in danger. As expected Monk gets to the bottom of it and the end result was rather surprising. I usually read one of these books, then take a break with a modern chic-lit style read before returning to the next, after this novel I cracked on to the next one straight away! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Anne Perry	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Ahlers, Walter	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Griffini Grazia Maria	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Kern, Elisabeth	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Porter, Davina	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Association for Mormon Letters Award (Winner – Novel – 1994)

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1994

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To Kimberly Hovey for her help and friendship

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Hester Latterly sat upright in the train, staring out of the window at the wide, rolling countryside of the Scottish Lowlands.

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Nurse Hester Latterly finds herself well suited for the task: accompany Mrs. Mary Farraline, an elderly Scottish lady in delicate health, on a short train trip to London. Yet Hester's simple job takes a grave turn when Mrs. Farraline dies during the night. And when a postmortem examination of the body reveals a lethal dose of medicine, Hester is charged with murder-punishable by execution. This notorious case presents detective William Monk with a daunting task: find a calculating killer among the prominent and coolly unassailable Farraline clan-and try to save Hester from the gallows.

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