Funeral in Blue (William Monk, #12)
In her haunting new Victorian novel, Anne Perry brings to rich and passionate life the city that she has made her own. Once more she shares the intimacy of London's opulent drawing rooms and guides readers through gaslit thoroughfares that echo with hooves on cobblestones, the cries of street...
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In her haunting new Victorian novel, Anne Perry brings to rich and passionate life the city that she has made her own. Once more she shares the intimacy of London's opulent drawing rooms and guides readers through gaslit thoroughfares that echo with hooves on cobblestones, the cries of street vendors, the shouts of newsboys reporting the headlines . . . of two beautiful women found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. One of the victims is the wife of Hester Monk's colleague, surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre who swiftly becomes the principal suspect. Now investigator William Monk and his wife seek evidence to save Beck from the hangman, hoping to penetrate not only the mystery of Elissa Beck's death, but the riddle of her life. . . .From the Hardcover edition.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345440020 (0345440021)
Publish date: August 27th 2002
Publisher: Fawcett
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
Politics,
19th Century,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
Series: William Monk (#12)
When Alisa Beck turns up dead along with an artist's model, Monk and Hester get involved since Alisa's husband, Christian is a family friend. The evidence is light and mostly circumstantial but the law arrests Christian anyway. Monk is determined to find evidence that Christian is not guilty of thi...
Like "Slaves of Obsession", which preceded it, this is a bit of a departure from formula, at least as far as setting is concerned. Though most of the plot takes place in the familiar mixture of slums and drawing rooms of London, Monk also takes a trip to Vienna - greatly hampered by his lack of Germ...
The narrator was okay - had trouble with the women's voices. The story was good and I was surprised at who the killer was which is unusual for me because I usually figure it out about halfway through. I've been reading so many romance books lately, that it was strange not seeing/hearing/reading s...
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