For Molly O.

In 1954 Anne Perry (Juliet Hulme) and a school girl friend were convicted of murdering the mother of this friend. The girls were 15 and 16 years old and could'nt be hanged under New Zealand law. She spent 5 years in a girls reformitory and left the country. The movie (Heavenly Creatures) is a recreation of the events. In 1997(?) Anne Perry attacked the movie for depicting the girls as lesbian lovers. For some reason this movie has attracted an almost cultlike following and has it's own website.

In Death of a Stranger, in Chapter 4, Ms. Perry writes "...heard something about the Union troops in America having captured Roanoke Island on the Kentucky border."

Roanoke Island is on the outer banks in North Carolina and was captured by Union soldiers in early 1862.

Hello:

I'm a new convert to Anne Perry. I have read "The Whitechapel Conspiracy" and "Twisted Root". Thoroughly enjoyed both.

Looks like no one has posted in a while! Anyone out there?!

TM

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Do you know she killed someone????? She changed her whole identity. thats crazy. i'm proud of her for doing it though cuz i'm a little mad just like her.LOL She's awsome i just think she shouldn't lie to herself and she should find Pauline now known as Hillary sumthing or other. anywho chow

I have been an ardent fan of MS. Perry eversince I read Caterstreet Hangman and have read every thing she has ever wrote. One question, when does the next book hit the book stores. Forever a fan of the greatist mystery writer since Agatha Christie.

Have just read "No Graves As Yet". Two statements in the book strike me as odd to say the least. In his suicide letter Sebastian Allard says he made the caltrops himself out of fence wire. This may be possible but it would require a well-equipped workshop and by a moderately skilled workman. However nowhere is Sebastian portrayed as anything but an intellectual. Also how on earth was he to know that the Reavleys would be driving along that particular road at that particular time so he could lay his rope of caltrops. Sorry, too far-fetched to be believable.

Thoroughly enjoyed "No Graves as Yet" apart from the annoying condescension of the Cambridgeshire dialect. As it is the first of 5 in the series, when may we expect the rest?

I have read and enjoyed all of Anne Perrys' books, she is an excellent writer. I read mostly for enjoyment and relaxation. And there is no comparison to a good mystery. In my opinion Anne Perry is one of the best.

I discovered Anne Perry books at the local library a few years back while recovering from breast cancer. Have read all of her Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk Series. These are the only books that I read over and over again and enjoy them every time.