Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, includingDark AssassinandThe Shifting Tide, and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, includingBuckingham Palace GardensandLong Spoon Lane. She is also the author of the World War I novelsNo Graves As Yet, Shoulder the Sky, Angels in the Gloom, At Some Disputed Barricade,andWe Shall Not Sleep, as well as six holiday novels, most recentlyA Christmas Grace. Anne Perry lives in Scotland.