Weighed in the Balance
Victorian private eye William Monk weighs in for the seventh time in a brilliant new novel of English manners, more and murder by the bestselling author of Pentecost Alley. A charge of murder is answered with a charge of slander, and a princess and a countess are pitted against each other in a...
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Victorian private eye William Monk weighs in for the seventh time in a brilliant new novel of English manners, more and murder by the bestselling author of Pentecost Alley. A charge of murder is answered with a charge of slander, and a princess and a countess are pitted against each other in a sensational courtroom battle.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307767806 (0307767809)
Publish date: September 29th 2010
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 384
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 (#7)
I like the Monk series more than the Pitt series. However, Perry's constantly coincidences are starting to get a little obnoxious. In the Pitt series it's how Emily and Charlotte always seem to find themselves at the party of a suspect before they even know Thomas is investigated said suspect. In th...
A fairly good entry in the series, despite the rather preposterous names and situations that Ms. Perry starts off with. This time, the story moves from London to an English country estate, to Venice, to a small kingdom in Germany and back to London for the trial. Countess Zorah Rostova finds herself...
As always, I really enjoy reading Anne Perry's mysteries. I enjoy the characters: surly amnesiac detective William Monk, Crimean War nurse Hester Latterly, distinguished barrister Oliver Rathbone, whose relationships, while often testy, are also intelligent, passionate and loyal. I also enjoy the pl...
The William Monk series is getting to the same point as a number of other series that I am reading. I am very comfortable with it and the characters, so they are like a comfortable bathrobe to me..This one was pretty much the same as a number of the WM books prior to it..I kind of knew what to expec...
5 years ago
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