Death of a Stranger: A William Monk Novel
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Series:
William Monk and Hester Latterly mysteries volume 13.
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
2002
Language:
English
Description
Few authors have written more mesmerizingly about Victorian London than Anne Perry. Readers enter her world with exquisite anticipation, and experience a rich variety of characters and class: aristocrats living in luxury, flower sellers on street corners, ladies of the evening seeking customers on gaslit streets, gentlemen in hansom cabs en route to erotic diversions unknown in their Mayfair mansions. Now Perry gives her myriad fans the book they've been waiting for--the novel in which William Monk breaks through the wall of amnesia and discovers at last who he once was.DEATH OF A STRANGERFor the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic is a lifeline, providing medicine, food, and a modicum of peace--especially welcome since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Whether he fell or was pushed, the shocking question in everyone's mind is: What was such a pillar of respectability doing in a seedy place of sin? Meanwhile, brilliant private investigator William Monk acquires a new client, a mysterious beauty who asks him to ascertain beyond a shadow of a doubt whether or not her fiancé, an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm, has become enmeshed in fraudulent practices that could ruin him.As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is responsible for the brutal abuse of her patients, Monk embarks upon a journey into the English countryside, where the last rails are being laid for a new line. But the sight of tracks stretching into the distance revives memories once stripped from his consciousness by amnesia--as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerily paralleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding.
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Subjects
Electronic books
Fiction
Historical
Historical -- FICTION
Historical -- Mystery & Detective
Historical fiction
Large type books
London (England) -- Fiction
Monk, William (Fictitious character)
Monk, William (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction
Traditional
Traditional -- Mystery & Detective
Fiction
Historical
Historical -- FICTION
Historical -- Mystery & Detective
Historical fiction
Large type books
London (England) -- Fiction
Monk, William (Fictitious character)
Monk, William (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Mystery
Mystery fiction
Private investigators
Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction
Traditional
Traditional -- Mystery & Detective
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subject_facet | Electronic books Historical -- FICTION Historical -- Mystery & Detective Historical fiction Large type books London (England) -- Fiction Monk, William (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Mystery fiction Private investigators -- England -- London -- Fiction Traditional -- Mystery & Detective | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_display | Death of a Stranger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_full | Death of a Stranger Death of a Stranger A William Monk Novel [eBook] Perry, Anne. Death of a stranger : [large print] / Anne Perry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_sub | A William Monk Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Large type books Monk, William (Fictitious character) Mystery Private investigators Traditional |