The Twisted Root: A William Monk Novel (William Monk Novels)
Format: kindle
ASIN: B009IBDSX8
Publish date: December 18th 2007
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Detective,
19th Century,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime
Series: William Monk (#10)
A very intense plot involving two story arcs that do merge. The first is about a missing widow, Miriam Gardiner, who has vanished on the day that she is celebrating her engagement to young Lucius Stourbridge. Missing along with her is the family coachman along with the carriage and horses. When the ...
I'm picking up some of the stories I missed in the middle of the William and Hester Monk series (don't know why I prefer those so much to the same author's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, but that's how it is. Hester and Monk are gnarlier characters, perhaps, even now that they are married).This o...
This was a fun read. Good mystery with interesting characters and a subplot about the challenge to establish professional nursing in the UK in the 19th century. I'll read more by this author.
10 years ago
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