Yeah, I know what it sounds like at first.William Monk
Created by Anne Perry
Yeah, I know what it sounds like at first.
London police inspector WILLIAM MONK woke up in his hospital bed, circa 1850, with no memory of his identity. Brought back to health by his nurse (and eventually, his one love, good and true), Hester Latterly, he becomes a private inquiry agent, and claims the very mean streets of Victorian London as his turf.
It would be a mistake to lightly dismiss these books as mere costumed-drama set pieces of romantic fluff. There's meat on dem dere bones. Perry's keen sense of morality is a lethal weapon, as she gleefully strips bare all the lies and hypocrisy of Victorian England, and the proceedings are often surprisingly grim. Suffice it to say that more than bodices are ripped.
Of course, Perry is best known for her other Victorian series, featuring Police Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte.
And a little crime on the non-fiction side, as well. As a girl in New Zealand, she was involved and convicted for her part in the murder of a friend's mother, which inspired the Kate Winslet film Heavenly Creatures, and numerous magazine articles.
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Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.
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