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A sudden, fearful death : [a William Monk novel] by Perry, Anne. aut is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A sudden, fearful death : [a William Monk novel] about?
<p><P>In a London hospital, Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had once been one of Florence Nightingale’s angels of mercy in the Crimean War, meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime–which intuition tells him was no random stroke of violence by a madman.<P>Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester Latterly, another of Miss Nightingale’s nurses, and barrister Oliver Rathbone, Monk assembles a portrait of the remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil that darkens every level of society, and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>In this excellent historical mystery, Victorian detective William Monk investigates the suspicious death of a young English nurse. (Oct.)</p>
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Perry, Anne. aut
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804112833
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Literary Fiction, History
- Rating
- 3.95 / 5 (3,722 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14