Acceptable Loss (William Monk)

Acceptable Loss (William Monk)

â€œGive her a good murder and a shameful social evil,â€ The New York Times Book Review once declared, â€œand Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickensâ€™s eyes pop.â€ And Perryâ€™s new William and Hester Monk story, a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on Londonâ€™s docks, outshines all her previous novels in this successful and beloved series.

When the body of a small-time crook named Mickey Parfitt washes up on the tide, no one grieves; far from it. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the expensive silk cravat used to strangle Parfitt. How did this elegant scarfâ€”whose original owner was obviously a man of substanceâ€”end up imbedded in the neck of a wharf rat who richly deserved his sordid end?

Dockside informers lead Monk to what may be a partial answerâ€”a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a captive band of half-starved boys are forced to perform vile acts for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Although Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would prefer to pin a medal on Parfittâ€™s killer, duty leads them in another directionâ€”to an unresolved crime from the past, to blackmail and more murder, and to a deadly confrontation with some of the empireâ€™s most respected men.

To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tensionâ€”in sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.
Country USA
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2011-08-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345510600

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2011-08-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345510600

Acceptable Loss (William Monk)

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