SOURCE: A review of Weighed in the Balance, in Philadelphia Inquirer, January 29, 1997.

In the following review, Dunn asserts that although Weighed in the Balance is not Perry's best work, the continuing narrative of William Monk does keep the reader coming back.

Since 1979, the prolific Anne Perry has been turning out a stream of Victorian detective novels featuring Inspector Thomas Pitt and his high-born wife, Charlotte, as they uncover social evils in England and unmask the hypocrisy of those in high society.

Several years ago, Perry added a second Victorian series, one with a clever conceit at its core. The series has as its hero the imperious, brooding, sharp-tongued William Monk, an investigator who has lost his memory in a carriage accident.

Weighed in the Balance is the seventh of these William Monk mysteries.

Because of Monk's memory loss, each book is a double mystery—Monk and his allies...