Larger	Slaves of Obsession (William Monk, Bk 11) (Large Print) Author: Anne Perry
	Book Information Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Book Type: Hardcover Large Print: Yes Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 2 ISBN-13: 9781568959450 - ISBN-10: 1568959451 Publication Date: 11/2000 Pages: 482

The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Albertson is becoming a very wealthy man as emissaries from both sides of the conflict rush to purchase his wares. The quiet dinner party held by Albertson and his beautiful wife seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence in this well-appointed mansion. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Albertson's armaments.

Philo Trace, the Southerner, is both charming and intelligent, but a defender of slavery. Northerner Lyman Breelove is a disturbing blend of political zealot and personal reserve -- to whom Albertson's teenage daughter has pledged her heart. Soon Monk and Hester's forebodings are fulfilled. For within this group, one is brutally murdered in a cruel ritualistic fashion, and two others disappear --a long with Albertson's entire inventory of weapons.

Monk and Hester track the man they believe to be a cold-blooded murderer all the way to Washington D.C. and the bloody battlefield at Manassas. Yet finally, in a hushed London courtroom scene, Sir Oliver Rathbone fights to defend the innocent and perhaps the guilty from the hangman's noose.