The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Mystery, Book 1)
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
The first superb mystery featuring Investigator William Monk
William Monk Séries
Cette série captivante suit un enquêteur déterminé naviguant dans la sombre pègre du Londres victorien. Il endosse divers rôles, d'officier de police à agent d'enquête privé, chaque poste offrant une perspective unique sur les luttes sociales de l'époque. Tout en s'attaquant à des affaires complexes, il lutte contre ses démons personnels et un passé enveloppé de mystère. Les récits mêlent des enquêtes palpitantes à de riches détails historiques et une profonde profondeur psychologique.
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A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk Mystery, Book 2)
- 502pages
- 18 heures de lecture
The second shocking William Monk mystery from Anne Perry
The third superb mystery featuring William Monk
Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, is found strangled to death in a London hospital. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime. Gradually, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past . . .
Hester Latterly est engagée par une riche famille écossaise pour accompagner une vieille dame à Londres. Son unique consigne ? Lui faire avaler son remède pour le coeur, qu'elle a fragile. Dans le train, Hester se lie d'amitié avec sa patiente, lui administre le médicament, puis s'endort. À son réveil, la vieille dame a rendu l'âme. L'autopsie révèle qu'il s'agit d'un empoisonnement, et Hester, accusée du meurtre, est emprisonnée. Tous les amis de la jeune femme se mobilisent : Monk part pour Édimbourg afin d'y mener enquête avec le soutien de Rathbone, d'Hester et de Callandra. Ensemble, ils finiront par découvrir la vérité... et bien plus encore. Cette nouvelle enquête de William Monk donne l'occasion à Anne Perry de nous fournir une illustration supplémentaire de l'ingéniosité parfois perverse avec laquelle elle explore les dessous de l'Angleterre du XIXe siècle.
Cain His Brother
- 418pages
- 15 heures de lecture
When the honorable Angust Stonefield disappears and suspicion falls on his depraved twin brother Caleb, William Monk steps into the shoes of the victim in order to find the truth behind his disappearance. Reprint.
Scandale et calomnie
- 414pages
- 15 heures de lecture
Le prince Friedrich, héritier déchu d'un petit Etat allemand, meurt des suites d'un accident de cheval dans la demeure de Lord et Lady Wellborough, dans le Berkshire. La comtesse Zorah Rostova, qui a autrefois eu une liaison avec le prince, accuse son époux de l'avoir assassiné. Poursuivie en diffamation, elle demande à Oliver Rathbone d'assurer sa défense. Ce dernier accepte, subjugué par le charme étrange de la comtesse.
The Silent Cry
- 407pages
- 15 heures de lecture
The eighth mystifying William Monk novel from Anne Perry
William Monk Novels: A Breach of Promise
- 384pages
- 14 heures de lecture
When a brilliant young architect suddenly ends his engagement to a socially prominent woman, her outraged parents file a sensational breach of promise suit. But the case comes to a tragic halt when a murderer strikes. Sleuth William Monk investigates. A Mystery Guild selection.
Passé sous silence
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
La fête donnée en l'honneur du prochain mariage de Miriam Gardiner dans la maison londonienne de son fiancé, Lucius Stourbridge, aurait dû être l'un des plus beaux jours de sa vie. Mais la future mariée quitte précipitamment la réception sans donner d'explication. Soucieux d'éviter le scandale, Lucius demande à William Monk de mener l'enquête. D'habitude peu porté sur les affaires conjugales, Monk semble bouleversé par la détresse du jeune homme et accepte de se charger de l'affaire. Son récent mariage avec Hester Latterly, l'aurait-il rendu sentimental ?
Slaves of Obsession
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are Americans, each vying to buy Albertons armaments. Soon Monk and Hesters forebodings are fulfilled as one member of the party is brutally murdered and two others disappear along with Albertons entire inventory of weapons. As Monk and Hester track the man they believe to be the murderer all the way to Washington, D.C., and the bloody battlefield at Manassas, Slaves of Obsession twists and turns like a powder-keg fuse and holds the reader breathless and spellbound
When two women, one of them the wife of the accused killer, are found strangled in the studio of a London artist, William Monk, his wife Hester, and Lady Callandra Daviot set out to clear their friend's name.
Death of a Stranger
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Als in een bordeel in het Victoriaanse Londen een dode man wordt aangetroffen, gaat de echtgenoot van de leidster van een opvanghuis voor prostituees op onderzoek uit.
Meurtres sur les docks
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
En 1873, sur les bords de la Tamise, un marin est assassiné et une cargaison d'ivoire dérobée à bord d'un bateau appartenant à l'armateur londonien Clement Louvain. Celui-ci fait appel à William Monk pour récupérer son ivoire au plus vite... Voici le plus smart des détectives anglais plongé dans un univers rude et qu'il connaît fort mal : celui des marins et des docks brumeux de la Tamise. Quittant à regret la terre ferme pour le monde de la marine marchande, Monk, avec l'aide précieuse d'Hester, sa femme, et du jeune Scuff, un orphelin cockney qu'il a recruté pour l'occasion, devra pourtant avoir le pied marin pour venir à bout de cette affaire semée d'embûches. En compagnie de son gentleman detective, Anne Perry nous entraîne avec jubilation au cœur d'un Londres à la Dickens toujours aussi merveilleusement restitué.
La trama - 0: Marea incierta
- 352pages
- 13 heures de lecture
William Monk knows London’s streets like the back of his hand. But the river Thames and its teeming docks—where wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades—is unknown territory. Only Monk’s dire need for work persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain, to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain’s recently docked schooner, the Maude Idris. But why didn’t Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Another mystery is the appearance of a desperately ill woman who Louvain claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend. Is she connected to the theft, or to something much darker? As Monk endeavors to solve these riddles, he can’t imagine the trap that will soon so fatefully ensnare him.
The fifteenth powerful instalment in Anne Perry's critically acclaimed William Monk series
Execution Dock (William Monk Mystery, Book 16)
- 432pages
- 16 heures de lecture
The sixteenth book in Anne Perry's brilliant William Monk series. The death of a young boy leads Monk into one of his most dangerous cases yet.
Acceptable Loss (William Monk Mystery, Book 17)
- 448pages
- 16 heures de lecture
Inspector William Monk once again faces a dangerous foe in the seventeenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series
Sur la jetée de Limehouse, la brume dérobe au jour de terribles secrets... Peu après le suicide d'un honorable docteur, c'est le corps d'une femme que l'on retrouve mutilé. Trop averti pour croire aux coïncidences, Monk ne tarde pas à pénétrer l'envers trouble du commerce pharmaceutique. Une affaire qui menace de compromettre les plus hautes sphères de la société...
Blind Justice
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
In "Blind Justice," Hester Monk investigates financial misconduct in a London church linked to charismatic preacher Abel Taft. As barrister Oliver Rathbone presides over Taft's trial, unexpected twists threaten his career and reputation. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Victorian London, this gripping courtroom drama explores themes of justice and morality.
Blood on the Water
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
London, 1856. It is a time of progress, with the Empire's interests expanding and the Suez Canal nearing completion. Many people stand to gain - and to lose - as the world rapidly changes. When a Thames pleasure boat is blown up with the loss of many lives, an Egyptian man is quickly sentenced to hang for the crime. But William Monk, head of the River Police, discovers the evidence was flawed. As he and his wife Hester investigate further, Monk begins to wonder if the wrong man was convicted. If justice itself has been tainted, exposing the true culprit will be far more hazardous...
One night, in a corridor of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, nurse Hester Monk is approached by a terrified girl. She's from a hidden ward of children, all subject to frequent blood-letting, and her brother is dying. While William Monk's River Police fight to keep London safe from gun-runners, Hester takes on a new role at the hospital, helping to administer a secretive new treatment. But she slowly realises that this experimental cure is putting the lives of the children at risk. Attempting to protect the young victims, she comes under threat from one rich, powerful, and very ill man who is desperate to survive...
The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 22nd novel in the William Monk series REVENGE IN A COLD RIVER. An adversary Monk cannot remember threatens everything he holds dear - will he survive what is to come? London, 1869: The body of a middle-aged man is found tangled in a mass of rope and wooden wreckage near the dockside of the River Thames. Commander William Monk of the River Police is called when initial investigations reveal the man was shot in the back. When he learns that the man was a master forger who had just escaped prison, Monk's interest is immediately piqued. But as his investigations lead him ever deeper into the murky world of smuggling and forgery, Monk is forced to confront his own forgotten past. The unsolicited interference of an old foe takes precedence as it becomes clear to Monk that a bitter enemy is back for revenge and has him in his sights. With his life and career in imminent danger, can Monk navigate his way to the truth before it is too late? Commander William Monk - A man with no past has only his conscience and instinct to guide him.
London, 1870: A Hungarian immigrant is found dead in what appears to be a ritualistic killing, with a bayonet through his heart, his fingers broken and his body surrounded by seventeen blood-dipped candles. At first, Commander William Monk of the Thames River Police suspects the killer is from within the victim's community; but when another murder takes place, Monk fears the immigrants are being targeted by an outsider. Meanwhile, Hester is reunited with a doctor who had been left for dead on a Crimean battlefield. Traumatised by his experiences, Fitz has made his way home via Hungary, and is now living in the immigrant community. Hester is determined to help him - and when he is accused of the killings, she sets out to prove his innocence...
Dark Tide Rising
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
"When a ransom exchange turns violent in the latest mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry, Commander William Monk faces an unthinkable possibility: betrayal by his own men. Local businessman Harry Exeter doesn't want the aid of the Thames River Police in tracking down the men who kidnapped his wife, Kate. He only asks them to help him navigate Jacob's Island, a creepy mass of decrepit buildings where he will hand off a large sum of money in exchange for her life. But when they arrive at the meeting place, Commander Monk and five of his best men are attacked from all sides, and Monk is left wondering who could have given away their plans--and why anyone would want to harm Kate Exeter. As Monk follows leads from Kate's worried cousin and a crafty clerk at the bank where Exeter gathered the ransom money, it seems inevitable that one of his own men has betrayed him. Delving into their pasts, he realizes how little he knows about the people he works with every day, including his trusted right-hand man Hooper, the one colleague Monk has always been certain he can count on. Even as they identify one of the kidnappers, the case runs into hurdle after hurdle, causing Monk to choose between his own safety and the chance to solve the case--and figure out where his men's loyalty really lies"-- Provided by publisher
Dans le même esprit
Set in the vibrant backdrop of Victorian London, this collection showcases Anne Perry's first three novels featuring the intriguing private investigator William Monk. Renowned for her rich descriptions and compelling characters, Perry weaves captivating mysteries that invite readers into a world filled with suspense and historical detail. This enticing volume is perfect for fans of engaging narratives and those looking to explore the early adventures of Monk.