A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk Novels)
Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail....
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Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the help of Hester Latterly, formerly a nurse with Florence Nightingale, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows, knowing that with each step he comes closer to the appalling truth...."A richly textured, masterfully plotted, thoroughly enjoyable story." THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780804110372 (0804110379)
ASIN: 0804110379
Publish date: 1992-09-23
Publisher: Fawcett
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Murder Mystery,
Fiction,
Historical
bookshelves: spring-2015, tbr-busting-2015, series, published-1991, victoriana, mystery-thriller, historical-fiction, britain-england, london, bloat, getonwithit-already Read from May 11 to 13, 2015 Description: From the beloved creator of Inspector Pitt and his wife, the second in the Victoria...
Another fun adventure with Monk, Oliver, Evans, and Hester. This one centers on the death of the daughter of a prominent London family. At this point reading these, all I can predict is that I probably will not see the correct solution until they do. That is more satisfying me than figuring it out o...
Loved this book...this book was interesting from the beginning and kept my interest until the end.
This is the second in the Inspector Monk series and even though it’s hard to read I’m enjoying it. This is the tale of a murder in Queen Anne Street concerning the Mordri Family. Monk fights to have the right person arrested for the crime. He even asks Hester to take a job as a nurse for the freaked...
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