| Title | : | Acceptable Loss (Inspector Monk) |
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| Author | : | Anne Perry |
| Release | : | 2024-09-24 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Mysteries & Thrillers |
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| 1 | Acceptable Loss (Inspector Monk) | Anne Perry |
| Anne Perry’s seventeenth William Monk novel is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London’s docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series. NATIONAL BESTSELLER On a London riverbank, when the body of small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up with the tide, no one grieves. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the murder weapon: an elegant scarf whose original owner was obviously a man of substance. Dockside informers lead Monk to a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a band of half-starved boys is held captive for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Though Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would gladly reward Parfitt’s killer, duty leads them in another direction—to an unresolved crime, to a deadly confrontation with some of the empire’s most respected men, and ultimately to a courtroom showdown with Monk’s old friend, Oliver Rathbone, in a trial of nearly unbearable tension and suspense. "Masterful storytelling … [the] best in the series to date."—The Star-Ledger |
