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Acceptable loss [electronic resource] : a William Monk novel / Anne Perry.
When a murdered body is discovered in the Thames, clues lead to a heinous child-pornography case that police superintendent William Monk thought he had left behind, in an investigation that threatens his friend Oliver Rathbone and forces Monk to consider painful sacrifices.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780345530301 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0345530306 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, c2011.
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| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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| Subject: | Monk, William (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Private investigators > England > London > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. London (England) > History > 1800-1950 > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Electronic books. |
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- Baker & Taylor
When a murdered body is discovered in the Thames, clues lead to a heinous child-pornography case that police superintendent William Monk thought he had left behind, in an investigation that threatens his friend Oliver Rathbone and forces Monk to consider painful sacrifices. By the best-selling author ofExecution Dock . 125,000 first printing. - Random House, Inc.
Anne Perry's seventeenth William Monk novel, now in paperback, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London's docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series.
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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.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Anne Perry's A Sunless Sea.
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'masterful storytelling . . . [the] best in the series to date.''The Star-Ledger - Random House, Inc.
Anne Perryâs seventeenth William Monk novel, now in paperback, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on Londonâs docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series.
Â
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
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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 Parfittâs killer, duty leads them in another directionâto an unresolved crime, to a deadly confrontation with some of the empireâs most respected men, and ultimately to a courtroom showdown with Monkâs old friend, Oliver Rathbone, in a trial of nearly unbearable tension and suspense.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Anne Perry's A Sunless Sea.
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âMasterful storytelling . . . [the] best in the series to date.ââThe Star-Ledger
