A Dish Taken Cold Author:Anne Perry In this chilling tale from Anne Perry, whose distinguished mystery novels set in the Victorian era in England have sold more than three million copies worldwide, the Edgar Award winner crosses the English Channel to France and turns her unerring historical eye to the turbulent era of the French Revolution. With no diminishment of the outstanding... more » narrative talents that have propelled her to the upper ranks of bestselling fiction with her Victorian tales, Perry sets this compelling novella against the background of terror that follows the storming of the Bastille by the revolutionary citizens of Paris in July 1789. Terror and chaos also storm the heart of the young Celie, who works for Madame de Stael and one day leaves her baby in the care of a friend, Amandine-to grievous result. For Celie learns that her infant has died, presumably while Amandine lay in bed with her lover, Georges. Betrayal and danger lie together too, and the unexpected is wed to suspense, as Perry brings her story breathtakingly to its horrific end.« less