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Title: Sins of the Wolf
Review: Hester takes up a job as nursemaid in Edinburgh but finds herself accused of murder.This is the last in a stack of Anne Perry's that I have and having finished this, I think it might be a while before I pick up another one. A problem is that a lot of the book is devoted to Hester's predicament. Unfortunately this lacks any real suspense as the outcome is fairly obvious. The family of the murder victim, the Farralines are interesting but Perry spends too much time away from them. The revelations at the climax hint at a darker, much more interesting novel, had the book focused on them more. Pitt and Hester also prove to be rather irritating this time. The developments in their relationship are handled well but Perry's descriptions of their heightened emotional states becomes very tiresome, as Perry tends to repeat herself over and over again. So,there is a good story here but it's overwhelmed by the regular characters.
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