Anne Perry

A William Monk Novel"e;Richly textured with the sights and sounds of London and its countryside...Solidly absorbing and Perry's best to date."e;THE KIRKUS REVIEWSHis name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire...

A William Monk NovelA TRIUMPH . . . A model of the richness and subtleties of relationships, characters, and story construction.--Chicago Sun-TimesIn his family life, Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving; in business, a man of probity; and in his relationship with his twin brother, Caleb, a virtual saint. Now Angus is missing, and it appears...

A William Monk NovelNurse Hester Latterly finds herself well suited for the task: accompany Mrs. Mary Farraline, an elderly Scottish lady in delicate health, on a short train trip to London. Yet Hester's simple job takes a grave turn when Mrs. Farraline dies during the night. And when a postmortem examination of the body reveals a lethal dose...

A William Monk NovelThe year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the...

A William Monk NovelBONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Anne Perry's Treason at Lisson Grove and Execution Dock.A young bridegroom enlists private investigator William Monk to track down his fiancAA(c)e, Miriam Gardiner, who disappeared suddenly from a party at a luxurious Bayswater mansion. Monk soon finds the coach in which Miriam...

A William Monk NovelOn the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain's merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig...