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Available now! Sarah sleuths again in The Natural Selection. The murder of a college professor leads Sarah to the Scopes "monkey" trial where Darwin's theory of evolution is under fire. This socially and politically relevant historical mystery includes actual courtroom excerpts and vividly portrays the Scopes trial's central figures: John Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, and especially H.L. Mencken. |
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O'Brien's Desk, a book best-selling mystery writer, Anne Perry, calls "an intriguing story that gives us insight into the moral dilemmas of 20th century America," is the first in my historical mystery series. Published in 2004 by Sunstone Press, the novel is shaped by the explosively paradoxical forces of the 1920s: corruption, sexual promiscuity and bigotry on the one hand, the highest ideals of the Progressive reformers on the other. The narrative centers on Judge O'Brien O'Donnell, a celebrated historical figure (and my husband's grandfather) caught between these two forces. |