Execution Dock (William Monk Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (780 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596002875 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 427 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. . Monk and his team catch Phillips, but what appears to be an airtight murder case springs leaks and ends with the accused's acquittal. Now superintendent of the Thames River Police Force, Monk is on the verge of closing the books on Jericho Phillips, a particularly nasty villain who specializes in child pornography. From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Set in 1864, bestseller Perry's outstanding 16th novel to feature William Monk (after Dark Assassin) finds Monk suffering from a series of hard knocks, including memory loss. Many in authority view the judgment as a rebuke to the river police, whose existence as a separate force is threatened. Monk's wife, Hester, who works with London's downtrodden, provides support. (Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business
. Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Buckingham Palace Gardens and Long Spoon Lane, and the William Monk novels, including Execution Dock and Dark Assassin. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as seven holiday novels, most recently A Christmas Odyssey, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Em
Monk’s wife, Hester, who runs a free clinic for abused women, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husband’s cause—a canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. Now one such soul, thirteen-year-old Fig, is found with his throat cut, his tortured body tossed into the river.Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. In Execution Dock, Perry’s first Monk novel in three years, we find ourselves on the bustling docks along the River Thames. Execution Dock is Anne Perry at her incomparable, magnificent best.. Listeners of Anne Perry’s bestselling William Monk novels feel as if
"I don't know how she does it" according to Kim E. Power. Perry demonstrates the most extraordinary compassion and insight in all her books. And yet she does not resile from placing her characters in situations where there are no good outcomes. Simply tragedy. The books are compelling and I understand why she is a best seller. Sh does not churn out her well written books. In each one, relationships shift, people's characters develop and reveal unexpected courage or evil.. This story was especially spellbinding because it involved the lives Suzanne C MacDonald This story was especially spellbinding because it involved the lives of street children around the docks of the Thames. Early police procedures in England are intriguing.. "Every book better than the last" according to Amazon Customer. Anne Perry is brilliant. This is her most exciting Monk book so far. Just when I'm certain she can't get any better, she does. She is a master at setting up an impossible situation and then resolving it. She is a far better writer than Agatha Christie!