Dark Assassin (William Monk Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1596002832 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
(Mar.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. In a fogbound setting evocative of Conan Doyle, newly appointed Superintendent Monk and his river patrol watch helplessly as two young lovers plunge to their deaths from a bridge. A riveting pursuit of an unknown assassin brings Monk in contact with the city's most destitute, one of several incidents highlighting the growing conflict between the abject poor and those whose houses have such luxuries as sewers and gas pipes. . Monk's exhaustive investigation, aided by his activist wife, Hester, soon reveals a deadly conflict between t
In nightmarish tunnels, Monk and Hester find true friends, among them Scuff, a young mudlark; Sutton, the ratcatcher, and Snoot, Sutton’s clever terrier. But friends tell Monk that Mary suspected her father had been murdered because of his stubborn insistence that the Argyll Company’s current project - participation in the construction of a splendid new sewer system for the metropolis - is so badly flawed that the entire city may be in dire peril from flood and fire. Mary Havilland is her name and until recently she and Toby Argyll, the fair-haired man who shared her fate, had planned to marry. A caress or a push? He grasps hold of her. Already struggling to win the respect of his men, Monk is faced with two urgent mysteries. Monk can’t help but wonder, has he witnessed an accident, a suicide, or a murder? It seems impossible to determine the truth but, haunted by the woman’s somber beauty, he is impelled to try. To save her or to kill her? Seconds later, the pair plunges to death in the icy waters. With his intrepid wife, Hester, he is soon treading a slippery path - from luxurious drawing rooms where powerful men hatch their unscrupulous plots to a world beneath the city where poor folk fight starvation. But as rainfall strains the fragile manmade underground, a murderer remains
Dark Assassin is indeed too "Dark" Dark Assassin is the eighth of Anne Perry's William Monk series books I have read. I am also posting my review of "The Sunless Sea"---my number nine.Anne Perry is a wonderful writer. I am amazed at her depth of knowledge, her large vocabulary, her writing ability and her prolific writing history. Her books are always worthwhile and a good read.(Here comes the however) however, as I grow older and see more of the dark and sinister things of our world, the l. The writing is great and the story line comes together in a hurry Happy Schneider The writing is great and the story line comes together in a hurry at the end of the book! This is one of my favorite series and unlike some other series I have read I never tire of Monk.. Ann Royse said I like Ann Perrys books. Being English, I always like Ann Perrys books, they give an insight as to what it would have been like to live in London during the Victorian period.Life could not have been easy unless you had some money, and she also brings to bear the life of women, not being able to own anything and not being able to vote or indeed to have an opinion on anything. The Dark Assassin tells of the condition that the workers (the Navies) worked in while they were building t