Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil， and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens s eyes pop.--The New York Times Book ReviewVictoria s London was the queen of the universe， a dazzling metropolis from whose magnificent mansions and discreetly luxurious clubs flowed the strategies that built the greatest empire ever known. Meanwhile the city s poor suffered and died in hopeless obscurity. Inspector William Monk knows his city s best and its worst--or so he believes until the day when charming Genevieve Stonefield comes to plead with him to find her missing husband.In his family life， Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving; in business， a man of probity; and in his relationship with his twin brother， Caleb， a virtual saint. Now he is missing， and it appears more than possible that Caleb--a creature long since abandoned to depravity--has murdered him.And so Monk puts himself into the missing man s shoes， searching in Stonefield s comfortable home， his prospering business， his favorite haunts， and， finally， the city s dangerous， fever-ridden slums for clues to Angus s fate and his vicious brother s whereabouts. Slowly， Monk inches toward the truth--and also， unwittingly， toward the destruction of his good name and livelihood....Cain His Brother builds from one astonishment to another until， in a transfixed courtroom， fate， or perhaps the devil， plays with men s lives and laughs a last mad laugh. Never before has Anne Perry penetrated so deeply into the darkness of the human heart and into a past that rises up to haunt us with its tragic ironies.A MAIN SELECTION OF THE MYSTERY GUILDAN ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD AND DOUBLEDAY BOOK CLUBS
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