A Dangerous Mourning: A William Monk Novel
No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family-until Sir Basil's beautiful widowed daughter is stabbed to death in her own bed, a shocking, incomprehensible tragedy.
Inspector William Monk is ordered to investigate in a manner that will give the least possible pain to the influential family. But Monk, brilliant and ambitious, is handicapped by lingering traces of amnesia and by the craven ineptitude of his supervisor, who would like nothing better than to see Monk fail. With the help of nurse Hester Latterly, a progressive young woman who served with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows that obscure the case, knowing that with each step he comes closer to the appalling truth.
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Community Reviews
After quickly reading all of Victoria Thompson's gaslight series I was looking for a similar author. Anne Perry was suggested and I started with her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. I was finding the characters a bit predictable and flat. So I decided to try her Monk series. I am so glad I did! Great cast of characters and the mysteries are very smart. I really enjoyed the second one and look forward to the next one. Learning a bit about the Crimean war along the way.
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