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The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1) Anne Perry

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1) By Anne Perry

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1) by Anne Perry


Summary

The first superb mystery featuring Investigator William Monk

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1) Summary

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1): A gripping and evocative Victorian murder mystery by Anne Perry

He is not going to die, after all, in this Victorian pesthouse called a hospital. But the accident that felled him on a London street has left him with only half a life, because his memory and his entire past have vanished. His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective; the mirror reflects a face that women woud like, but he senses he has been more feared than loved.
Monk is given a particularly sensational case: the brutal murder of Major the Honourable Joscelin Grey, Crimean war hero and a popular man about town, in his rooms in fashionable Mecklenburgh Square. It's an assignment to make or break an investigator, for the exalted status of the victim puts any representative of the police in the precarious position of having to pry into a noble family's secrets.
Suggesting that his superior, the wily Runcorn, hopes he will fail, Monk returns to a world where he cannot distinguish friend from foe. Grasping desperately for any clue to his own past and to the identity of the killer, each new revelation leads Monk step by terrifying step to the answers he seeks but dreads to find.

About Anne Perry

Anne Perry is a New York Times bestselling author noted for her memorable characters, historical accuracy and exploration of social and ethical issues. Her two series, one featuring Thomas Pitt and one featuring William Monk, have been published in multiple languages. Anne Perry has also published a successful series based around World War One and the Reavley family, and the recent standalone novel The Sheen on the Silk. Anne Perry was selected by The Times as one of the twentieth century's '100 Masters of Crime'.

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The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1): A gripping and evocative Victorian murder mystery by Anne Perry
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Paperback
Headline Publishing Group
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