Death of a Stranger (William Monk) (William Monk)
by Anne Perry
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Author: Anne PerryReader: David Colacci
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 2002-10-01
ISBN: 1590862333
Publisher: Brilliance Audio Unabridged
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Book Review: 2 1/2 Stars -- Too Slow-Moving For My Taste!
Summary: 2 Stars
Death of A Stranger is the first book I've read by Anne Perry. It involves the death of a railway magnate in a sleazy brothel, which has shocked high society in Victorian London. In addition, the plot involves private investigator William Monk's acquisiton of a mysterious new client who asks him to determine whether her new fiance, a railway-firm executive, has become involved in fraudulent practices. Perry does a good job in describing the detail and mood of Victorian London and in creating interesting characters; particularly in regards to evolving her two main characters, William Monk and his wife, Heather. If mood and character development are what drive your interest in a mystery than Death Of A Stranger is right up your alley. However, while these qualities are important to me as well, I require a much faster-paced plot and some surprising twists and turns, which, unfortunately this book seriously lacks. As such, I at times found it to be tedious and somewhat boring, and oftentimes considered it to be very slow-moving. Death Of A Stranger is not a bad book, it's just not one I'd recommend highly to you.
Summary of Death of a Stranger (William Monk) (William Monk)
For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic is a lifeline, providing medicine, food, and a modicum of peace - especially since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Whether he fell or was pushed, the shocking question in everyone's mind is: What was such a pillar of respectability doing in a seedy place of sin?Meanwhile, brilliant private investigator William Monk acquires a new client, a mysterious beauty who asks him to ascertain beyond a shadow of a doubt whether or not her fiance, an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm, has become enmeshed in fraudulent practices that could ruin him.
As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is responsible for the brutal abuse of her patients, Monk embarks upon a journey into the English countryside, where the last rails are being laid for a new line. But the sight of the tracks stretching into the distance revives memories once stripped from his consciousness by amnesia - as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerily paralleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding.
Private enquiry agent William Monk is hired to investigate a potential case of fraud in the construction of a new railway line. His client is the fianc?e of a man she fears is embroiled in the scheme, and Monk's investigation causes a strange sense of d?j? vu--a former policeman afflicted with a case of amnesia concerning his prior life, Monk finds both the case and its milieu unsettlingly familiar. His case is somehow connected to the death of a railway magnate in a sleazy area of London where Monk's wife Hester, a nurse, operates a shelter for abused prostitutes. The women have been doubly victimized by an extortion scheme in which the dead man, who turns out to have been Monk's employer during his "lost" years, may have been involved. More than an ingenious way to fill in Monk's backstory, Anne Perry's newest mystery featuring the enigmatic investigator deepens the reader's understanding of an unusual and compelling protagonist and brings Victorian-era England vividly to life. --Jane Adams
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