A Dangerous Mourning - Hardcover

Perry, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747209685 ISBN 13: 9780747209683

Publisher: Headline Book Publishing, 1994

Synopsis

Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the help of Hester Latterly, formerly a nurse with Florence Nightingale, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows, knowing that with each step he comes closer to the appalling truth....
"A richly textured, masterfully plotted, thoroughly enjoyable story."
THE KIRKUS REVIEWS
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About this title

About the Author:

ANNE PERRY is the New York Times bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England, and a series of World War I novels. She has also written five holiday novels. She lives in the Scottish Highlands.
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From Kirkus Reviews:

Perry's Victorian era Police Inspector William Monk (The Face of a Stranger, etc.) plays second fiddle here to Hester Latterly, the plain, outspoken nurse whose experiences in the Crimea bloodbath have hardened her against the hypocrisies of London society. Monk is investigating the bedroom stabbing-death of Octavia Haslett, who's the daughter of rich, powerful Sir Basil Moidore and whose dearly loved husband was killed in battle in the Crimea two years ago. Monk is able to prove that there was no outside intruder. Suspicion now falls on the numerous servants and the resident family--Araminta, a second daughter and her husband Myles; Sir Basil's wife Lady Beatrice; his widowed sister Fanella; son Cyprian, daughter-in-law Romola, and Lady Beatrice's brother Septimus. During a house search, Monk finds evidence that he's sure has been planted to incriminate one of the servants. His surly superior Runcorn violently disagrees, and Monk is summarily fired. Determined to find the truth, he enlists Hester's help--and it's she who finally uncovers the shocking realities of the puzzle. Repetitive emphasis on women's sorry lot in Victorian England is a minor irritant in what is nevertheless a richly textured, masterfully plotted, thoroughly enjoyable story. -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0747209685
• ISBN 13: 9780747209683
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320