Victorian sleuth William Monk wakes up in a hospital with no memory, but Police Inspector Runcorn, insisting that Monk is a detective, assigns him to investigate a "gentleman's" brutal murder involving the underside of British society. Reissue.
William MonkSerie
Esta cautivadora serie sigue a un decidido investigador que navega por el sombrío submundo del Londres victoriano. Asume diversas funciones, desde oficial de policía hasta agente de investigación privado, ofreciendo cada puesto una perspectiva única sobre las luchas sociales de la época. Mientras aborda intrincados casos, lidia con demonios personales y un pasado envuelto en misterio. Las narrativas combinan emocionantes investigaciones con ricos detalles históricos y profunda profundidad psicológica.
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The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1)
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The first superb mystery featuring Investigator William Monk
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A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk Mystery, Book 2)
- 502 páginas
- 18 horas de lectura
The second shocking William Monk mystery from Anne Perry
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Inspector Monk returns to the scene of another Victorian era murder mystery when the daughter of an upper-crust family is stabbed in her own home
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The third superb mystery featuring William Monk
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Defend and Betray
- 450 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
After a brilliant military career, esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets his death, not in the frenzy of battle but at an elegant London dinner party. His demise appears to be the result of a freak accident, but the general’s beautiful wife, Alexandra, readily confesses that she killed him–a story she clings to even under the threat of the noose. Investigator William Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and brilliant Oliver Rathbone, counsel for the defense, work feverishly to break down the wall of silence raised by the accused and her husband’s proud family. With the trial only days away, these there sleuths inch toward the dark and appalling heart of the mystery.
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Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, is found strangled to death in a London hospital. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime. Gradually, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past . . .
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A Sudden Fearful Death (William Monk Mystery, Book 4)
- 576 páginas
- 21 horas de lectura
The fourth brilliant William Monk novel from Anne Perry
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The Sins of the Wolf
- 464 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
Nurse Hester Latterly accompanies elderly Mrs. Farraline on a train trip, but tragedy strikes when Mrs. Farraline dies unexpectedly. A postmortem reveals foul play, leading to Hester being accused of murder. Detective William Monk must uncover the truth within the influential Farraline family to save her life.
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Cain his brother
- 480 páginas
- 17 horas de lectura
"Genevieve Stonefield's husband Angus has been missing for three days when she visits William Monk, a former police inspector turned private investigator. She is convinced Angus is dead, murdered by his twin brother Caleb. While her husband has long been a respected businessman, Caleb is a shadowy, dangerous figure living in the slums that border the Thames in Limehouse; the relationship between them, Monk is told, has often been violent, and Genevieve fears the worst. Monk is not ready to assume a murder has taken place, let alone pinpoint a killer, through he quickly confirms that Angus has indeed vanished. But why did Caleb's woman Selina visit Angus's office the morning he disappeared? And why is Caleb so different from his impeccably behaved brother? Without the authority or facilities of the police force behind him, Monk is thrown back on his own resources and the help of his friends, including his patroness Lady Callandra Daviot and nurse Hester Latterly, to bring one of the most bizarre and baffling cases he has ever encoutered to its thrilling conclusion." -- back cover.
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Weighed in the Balance (William Monk Mystery, Book 7)
- 406 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
The seventh suspenseful William Monk mystery from master storyteller Anne Perry
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Weighed in the Balance
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
As barrister Oliver Rathbone prepares to defend his client, Countess Zorah Rostova, against a charge of slander, private detective William Monk and nurse Hester Latterly become caught up in a notorious case of royal scandal and murder in nineteenth-century London. Reprint.
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The Silent Cry (William Monk Mystery, Book 8)
- 407 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
The eighth mystifying William Monk novel from Anne Perry
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The Silent Cry
- 356 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
In the dark slums of Victorian London, solicitor Leighton Duff is found murdered, and his son Rhys is gravely injured. Investigator William Monk, with the help of nurse Hester Latterly, connects the brutal attacks to a series of crimes against local prostitutes, leading to shocking revelations.
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Killian Melville, un joven y brillante arquitecto, va a ser juzgado por romper su compromiso con Zillah Lambert, hija de su patrón. Para su defensa, contacta con el prestigioso abogado Sin Oliver Rathbone quien, al ver que Melville no aporta razones que justifiquen su comportamiento, inicia una investigación con su colabora dor, William Monk. Éste deberá indagar en un inidente familiar ocurido dos décadas atrás
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Whited Sepulchres (William Monk Mystery, Book 9)
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
The ninth powerful William Monk mystery from acclaimed author Anne Perry
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The twisted root
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
For Miriam Gardner, attending a party at the London home of her fiance, Lucius Stourbridge, to celebrate their forthcoming marriage, it should have been one of the happiest days of her life. But, after making a sudden exit from the party, Miriam disappears without a trace. Reluctant to cause a scandal, Lucius seeks out William Monk, a detective with a reputation for excellence.
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The Twisted Root (William Monk Mystery, Book 10)
- 416 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
The tenth mysterious novel in the William Monk series from Anne Perry schovat popis
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Slaves and Obsession (William Monk Mystery, Book 11)
- 408 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
The eleventh bestselling novel featuring William Monk from acclaimed author Anne Perry schovat popis
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Slaves of Obsession
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Albertons armaments. Soon Monk and Hesters forebodings are fulfilled as one member of the party is brutally murdered and two others disappear along with Albertons entire inventory of weapons. As Monk and Hester track the man they believe to be the murderer all the way to Washington, D.C., and the bloody battlefield at Manassas, Slaves of Obsession twists and turns like a powder-keg fuse and holds the reader breathless and spellbound
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When two women, one of them the wife of the accused killer, are found strangled in the studio of a London artist, William Monk, his wife Hester, and Lady Callandra Daviot set out to clear their friend's name.
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A Funeral in Blue (William Monk Mystery, Book 12)
- 407 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
The twelfth sensational William Monk mystery from master storyteller Anne Perry
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Muerte de un extraño
- 444 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
For 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. As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is responsible for the brutal abuse of her patients, private investigator William Monk follows a case into the English countryside that revives memories long lost to amnesia. The unbearable past returns to him, sharing eerie parallels with the fresh tragedy just beginning to unfold.
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Death of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 13)
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
The thirteenth superb mystery featuring Investigator William Monk, from acclaimed author Anne Perry schovat popis
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The fourteenth atmospheric William Monk mystery from bestselling author Anne Perry
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"William Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand; after all, they are where he earns his living. But the river Thames and its teeming docks--where towering schooners and clipper ships unload their fabulous cargoes and wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades--is unknown territory. Only dire need persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain's recently docked schooner, the Maude Idris. Monk is desperate for work, not only to feed himself and his wife, Hester, but to keep open the doors of Hester's clinic, a last resort for sick and starving street women. But he wonders: Why didn't Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Why did he warn Monk not to investigate the murder of one of the Maude Idris crew? Even more mysterious, why has Louvain brought to Hester's clinic a desperately ill woman who he claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend? Neither Hester nor Monk anticipates the nightmare answers to these questions, nor the trap that soon so fatefully ensnares them."--Publisher description.
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Dark Assassin
- 340 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
In this gripping mystery, police superintendent William Monk investigates the deaths of a young couple who plunge into the Thames. As he delves into their pasts, including a suspicious suicide and dark secrets revealed by friends, Monk, with the help of his wife Hester, must piece together clues from both the elite and the impoverished to prevent further tragedy.
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The fifteenth powerful instalment in Anne Perry's critically acclaimed William Monk series
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The sixteenth book in Anne Perry's brilliant William Monk series. The death of a young boy leads Monk into one of his most dangerous cases yet.
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William Monk ermittelt wieder Als es William Monk, Inspector bei der Londoner Wasserpolizei, endlich gelingt, den Kinderschänder und Mörder Jericho Phillips zu fassen, glaubt er an die sichere Verurteilung des perversen Verbrechers. Doch dann erhält Monks Freund, der Anwalt Sir Oliver Rathbone, Besuch von seinem Schwiegervater, der ihn bittet, die Verteidigung von Phillips zu übernehmen. Rathbone sagt zu – und kämpft zum ersten Mal in seiner Karriere gegen seinen Freund Monk. Aber Rathbone ist nicht bewusst, wie weit er selbst in den Fall Phillips verwickelt ist …
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Acceptable Loss (William Monk Mystery, Book 17)
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Inspector William Monk once again faces a dangerous foe in the seventeenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series
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In Anne Perry's seventeenth William Monk novel, a murder on London's docks leads Monk to uncover a dark world of corruption and exploitation. As he investigates the death of crook Mickey Parfitt, he faces a deadly confrontation with high society and a tense courtroom trial, showcasing masterful storytelling in this beloved series.
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A Sunless Sea
- 442 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
Crime and Detective. Inspector William Monk: In search of justice, he will not stop until he has found the truth. 1864: When the body of a brutally mutilated body of a woman is found on Limehouse Pier, Monk's enquiries into her death unearth a suspicious connection between the victim and Dr Lambourn, a recently deceased scientist and staunch supporter for a new pharmaceutical bill aimed to regulate the sale of opium. Investigating further, Monk learns that Lambourn's widow refuses to believe that her husband's death was suicide; she is convinced that he was murdered by government officials intent on keeping the lucrative trade of opium flowing. With pressure mounting for the police to find the Limehouse killer, Monk is propelled headlong into an investigation that will delve the darkest depths of the opium trade and threatens to expose corruption in the very highest echelons of society.
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Blind Justice
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
In "Blind Justice," Hester Monk investigates financial misconduct in a London church linked to charismatic preacher Abel Taft. As barrister Oliver Rathbone presides over Taft's trial, unexpected twists threaten his career and reputation. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Victorian London, this gripping courtroom drama explores themes of justice and morality.
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Blood on the Water
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
London, 1856. It is a time of progress, with the Empire's interests expanding and the Suez Canal nearing completion. Many people stand to gain - and to lose - as the world rapidly changes. When a Thames pleasure boat is blown up with the loss of many lives, an Egyptian man is quickly sentenced to hang for the crime. But William Monk, head of the River Police, discovers the evidence was flawed. As he and his wife Hester investigate further, Monk begins to wonder if the wrong man was convicted. If justice itself has been tainted, exposing the true culprit will be far more hazardous...
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One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached by a terrified girl. She's from a hidden ward of children, all subject to frequent blood-letting, and her brother is dying. While William Monk's River Police fight to keep London safe from gun-runners, Hester takes on a new role at the hospital, helping to administer a secretive new treatment. But she slowly realises that this experimental cure is putting the lives of the children at risk. Attempting to protect the young victims, she comes under threat from one rich, powerful, and very ill man who is desperate to survive.
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One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached by a terrified girl. She's from a hidden ward of children, all subject to frequent blood-letting, and her brother is dying. While William Monk's River Police fight to keep London safe from gun-runners, Hester takes on a new role at the hospital, helping to administer a secretive new treatment. But she slowly realises that this experimental cure is putting the lives of the children at risk. Attempting to protect the young victims, she comes under threat from one rich, powerful, and very ill man who is desperate to survive...
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The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 22nd novel in the William Monk series REVENGE IN A COLD RIVER. An adversary Monk cannot remember threatens everything he holds dear - will he survive what is to come? London, 1869: The body of a middle-aged man is found tangled in a mass of rope and wooden wreckage near the dockside of the River Thames. Commander William Monk of the River Police is called when initial investigations reveal the man was shot in the back. When he learns that the man was a master forger who had just escaped prison, Monk's interest is immediately piqued. But as his investigations lead him ever deeper into the murky world of smuggling and forgery, Monk is forced to confront his own forgotten past. The unsolicited interference of an old foe takes precedence as it becomes clear to Monk that a bitter enemy is back for revenge and has him in his sights. With his life and career in imminent danger, can Monk navigate his way to the truth before it is too late? Commander William Monk - A man with no past has only his conscience and instinct to guide him.
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London, 1870: A Hungarian immigrant is found dead in what appears to be a ritualistic killing, with a bayonet through his heart, his fingers broken and his body surrounded by seventeen blood-dipped candles. At first, Commander William Monk of the Thames River Police suspects the killer is from within the victim's community; but when another murder takes place, Monk fears the immigrants are being targeted by an outsider. Meanwhile, Hester is reunited with a doctor who had been left for dead on a Crimean battlefield. Traumatised by his experiences, Fitz has made his way home via Hungary, and is now living in the immigrant community. Hester is determined to help him - and when he is accused of the killings, she sets out to prove his innocence...
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An Echo of Murder (William Monk Mystery, Book 23)
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
From the master of Victorian crime comes the 23rd thrilling Victorian mystery featuring William and Hester Monk.
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Dark Tide Rising
- 320 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
"When a ransom exchange turns violent in the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, Commander William Monk faces an unthinkable possibility: betrayal by his own men. Local businessman Harry Exeter doesn't want the aid of the Thames River Police in tracking down the men who kidnapped his wife, Kate. He only asks them to help him navigate Jacob's Island, a creepy mass of decrepit buildings where he will hand off a large sum of money in exchange for her life. But when they arrive at the meeting place, Commander Monk and five of his best men are attacked from all sides, and Monk is left wondering who could have given away their plans--and why anyone would want to harm Kate Exeter. As Monk follows leads from Kate's worried cousin and a crafty clerk at the bank where Exeter gathered the ransom money, it seems inevitable that one of his own men has betrayed him. Delving into their pasts, he realizes how little he knows about the people he works with every day, including his trusted right-hand man Hooper, the one colleague Monk has always been certain he can count on. Even as they identify one of the kidnappers, the case runs into hurdle after hurdle, causing Monk to choose between his own safety and the chance to solve the case--and figure out where his men's loyalty really lies"-- Provided by publisher
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The 24th thrilling Victorian mystery featuring William and Hester Monk, from the master of Victorian crime Anne Perry, the bestselling author of AN ECHO OF MURDER and REVENGE IN A COLD RIVER.
Set in the vibrant backdrop of Victorian London, this collection showcases Anne Perry's first three novels featuring the intriguing private investigator William Monk. Renowned for her rich descriptions and compelling characters, Perry weaves captivating mysteries that invite readers into a world filled with suspense and historical detail. This enticing volume is perfect for fans of engaging narratives and those looking to explore the early adventures of Monk.