title: Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century
author:  Peter Graham 
description: .. . A readable and eyeopening story of 1950s Christchurch and the complicated family dynamics that produced one of New Zealands most famous murder cases. (<strong>Library Journal</strong>)<br /><br />Graham psychoanalyzes Parker and Hulme from afar but does so tastefully and insightfully. Matricide is a rare crime. As a result, it has not been written about much in the popular literature, a gap Graham fills admirably. A worthy retrospective that feels chilling in the manner of novelist Perry. (<strong>Kirkus Reviews</strong>)
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  “HIGHLY ENTERTAINING.”  
  
  
    
  
  
  —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  
  “An excellent exploration of the classic closed-door mystery. In addition,
  Perry has really done a good job of providing both the Victorian atmosphere
  and the air of suspense of a hard-fought courtroom trial.”
  
  —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  
  “Take[s] the reader clue-hunting through the glittery courts of Venice,
  London, and a never-never-land principality. It’s all rich as a warm scone
  slathered with jam and clotted cream.”
  
  —St. Petersburg Times
  
  “As always with Anne Perry, readers get a wealth of colorful characters,
  social and political details and mores, and a fascinating plot.”
  
  —-Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
  
  “The novel springs to life in the courtroom scenes, where careful
  investigation and astute teamwork produce some astonishing revelations that
  presage the end of Victorian propriety and an era’s pretense of innocence.”
  
  —Publishers Weekly
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  By Anne Perry  
  
  
  Published by Fawcett/Ivy Books:
  
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