A BREACH OF PROMISE

The incomparable, versatile Simon Jones reads Anne Perry's ninth mystery about Inspector William Monk. The "Breach" in the title concerns the resistance of Killian Melville, a brilliant young architect, to marry his patron's daughter whom he has been courting. Jones's clear and emotionally restrained reading gives us the depth and nuance of Victorian manners and shows us a multilayered understanding of dark secrets. This is a riveting performance of a whodunit filled with many surprise twists. S.E.S. © AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC/JAN 00]