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From Publishers Weekly William Monk faces special challenges in bestseller Perry's absorbing 15th novel to feature the Victorian policeman (after 2005's The Shifting Tide ), as he must convince skeptical fellow officers of his competence to lead the corruption-ridden Thames River Police during a rampant crime wave. 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. Monk's exhaustive investigation, aided by his activist wife, Hester, soon reveals a deadly conflict between the two lovers' families over the hasty construction of a vast sewer complex built to prevent a recurrence of the ''Great Stink'' and typhoid epidemic of 1863. 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. Some readers may have trouble with the cockney dialogue, but all will relish the last-minute twists that lead to a compelling resolution. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a

Who reads Dark Assassin: A William Monk Novel (William Monk Novels)?

Author

Perry, Anne

Publisher

Random House, Incorporated

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780345469298

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.95 / 5 (56 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14