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Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel

Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel

Current price: $17.00
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
ISBN:
9780345514202
Pages:
352

Description

On a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge, police superintendent William Monk notices a young couple engaged in an intense discussion. Seconds later, the two plunge to their deaths in the icy waters of the Thames. Was it an accident, a suicide, or a murder? Ever the investigator, Monk learns that the woman, Mary Havilland, had planned to marry the fair-haired man who shared her fate. He also discovers that Mary’s father had recently died in a supposed suicide. But Mary’s friends share their own darks suspicions with Monk, who now faces the mysteries surrounding three deaths. Aided by his intrepid wife, Hester, Monk searches for answers. From luxurious drawing rooms where powerful men hatch their unscrupulous plots, to the sewers beneath the city where poor folk fight crippling poverty, Monk must connect the clues before death strikes again.

About the Author

Anne Perry was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She was also the author of a series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel, as well as the Elena Standish series; a series of five World War I novels; twenty-one holiday novels; and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire. Anne Perry died in 2023.

Praise for Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel

“Absorbing . . . riveting . . . [Readers] will relish the last-minute twists.”—Publishers Weekly

“Brilliant . . . a page-turning thriller . . . blending compelling plotting with superbly realized human emotion and exquisite period detail.”—Jeffery Deaver, author of The Burning Wire

“Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood.”—San Francisco Chronicle
 
“Mystery fans who haven’t read Anne Perry are missing a great thing. Those who have probably don’t need this advice, but Dark Assassin is a don’t-miss thriller.”—Omaha World-Herald
 
“You can count on a Perry tale to be superior.”—The San Diego Union-Tribune