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A review by felinity
Slaves of Obsession by Anne Perry
4.0
The American Civil War has finally started to affect Britain. Hester and Monk are drawn into a dispute between a Northerner and a Southerner, each seeking to buy the same guns but one having captured the idealistic heart of their host's 16-year old daughter.
And then there is murder, cold murder, and theft, and Monk's task is to track down the author of both, always seeking the truth no matter how much he might dread it. During this search, he finally sees Hester as the seasoned, admirable, experienced nurse she is, and is forced to face some internal truths about himself.
Anne Perry always brings forward some social issue of the time, and here it is the Civil War: the untrained and unskilled soldiers, the horror of the battlefield and the flashbacks that may occur to survivors, the realities of field surgery, the helplessness of those waiting, and the impact from lack of supplies. Contrasted with that is the underlying thread searching for the nature of real love.
And then there is murder, cold murder, and theft, and Monk's task is to track down the author of both, always seeking the truth no matter how much he might dread it. During this search, he finally sees Hester as the seasoned, admirable, experienced nurse she is, and is forced to face some internal truths about himself.
Anne Perry always brings forward some social issue of the time, and here it is the Civil War: the untrained and unskilled soldiers, the horror of the battlefield and the flashbacks that may occur to survivors, the realities of field surgery, the helplessness of those waiting, and the impact from lack of supplies. Contrasted with that is the underlying thread searching for the nature of real love.