Anne Perry, the prolific London-born author of historical and socially conscious crime fiction who in her teens served five years in prison for murder, a sordid past that came to wide attention ...

Anne Perry, Crime Writer With a Murderous Past, Dead at 84 Perry would later call prison “the best thing that ever happened" to her, a time for her to confront and acknowledge her actions ...

Anne Perry, a prolific British-born crime novelist of stories that explored the dark corners of the Victorian age, who also kept her own chilling secret for decades after serving five years in ...

In Anne Perry’s latest Victorian crime novel, a murdered prostitute is found in a linen closet at Buckingham Palace. Also reviewed: new fiction from David Levien, Lisa Lutz and Patrick F. McManus.

The crime was plotted by Perry and her friend Pauline Parker -- the daughter of victim Honorah Mary Parker. Honorah Mary was found have been struck by a brick roughly 20 times.