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William Monk volume 13
Language
English
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Private detective William Monk is hired by a mysterious client who wants him to discover whether or not her fiance, a railway firm executive, engages in fraudulent practices, a case that brings Monk face to face with his past.
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William Monk volume 12
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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When two women are found strangled in the studio of a London artist, including the wife of Dr. Kristian Beck, who is accused of the killing, William Monk, his wife Hester, and their close friend, Lady Callandra Daviot, set out to clear their friend's name.
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 24
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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In a Victorian-era London beset by anarchists, detective Thomas Pitt investigates the mysterious death of Magnus Landsborough, the son of aristocrat Lord Sheridan Landsborough, during a violent gun battle between police and rioters.
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 22
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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When a clairvoyant is found murdered following a late night seance, Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte become entangled in a bitter political battle over a crucial seat in Parliament when they discover that the wife of one candidate participated in the fatal seance.
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English
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Some bodies just won’t stay buried . . .“For readers longing to be in 1890s London, Perry’s tales are just the ticket” (Chicago Tribune).
Lord Fitzroy-Hammond of Resurrection Row has been dead and buried three weeks when he turns up sitting atop a hansom cab. Grave robbing, though a crime, isn’t Inspector Thomas Pitt’s usual fare. But when the macabre joke is repeated, and the...
Lord Fitzroy-Hammond of Resurrection Row has been dead and buried three weeks when he turns up sitting atop a hansom cab. Grave robbing, though a crime, isn’t Inspector Thomas Pitt’s usual fare. But when the macabre joke is repeated, and the...
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 21
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
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William Monk volume 11
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Ritual murder, mysterious disappearances, and theft spur Victorian investigator William Monk and his wife Hester to investigate an arms dealer and his seemingly flawless London mansion.
11) Blind justice
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William Monk volume 19
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English
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England, 1865. Hester Monk, the wife of William Monk, commander of the Thames River Police, questions the finances of a London church whose members' hard-earned charitable gifts appear to go into the pocket of charismatic preacher Abel Taft. Taft is accused of extortion and brilliant barrister Oliver Rathbone, newly appointed a judge, is chosen to preside over the trial. Taft's guilt seems clear, until a last-minute witness completely undermines the...
12) Seven dials
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Series
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 23
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Thomas Pitt of Her Majesty's Special Branch investigates the murder of a diplomat whose body turns up at a mansion inhabited by the notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari and her rumored lover, Senior Cabinet Minister Saville Ryerson.
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Series
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 29
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Investigating evidence of a violent struggle at the home of Ministry of Defense member Dudley Kynaston, Pitt and the Special Branch discover the brutally murdered body of a young woman before realizing that Kynaston is not who he appears to be.
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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 25
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English
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When scandal threatens the monarchy after a female guest turns up dead following one of the debauched stag parties of Edward, the Prince of Wales, the Palace calls in Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch to solve the murder with utmost discretion.
16) The silent cry
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Series
William Monk volume 8
Publisher
Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transact their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man can procure whatever he wants. For one such man, the price he pays is his life. In sunless Water Lane, respected solicitor Leighton Duff lies dead, kicked and beaten to death. Beside him is the barely living body of his son, Rhys. The police cannot fathom these brutal assaults until shrewd investigator William Monk, aided by nurse-turned-sleuth...
17) One fatal flaw
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Daniel Pitt volume 3
Language
English
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"Two fiery deaths have young lawyer Daniel Pitt and his scientist friend Miriam fford Croft racing to solve a forensic crisis in an explosive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Triple Jeopardy. When a desperate woman comes to Daniel seeking a lawyer for her boyfriend, Rob Adwell, Daniel is convinced of the young man's innocence. Adwell has been accused of murder and setting a fire to conceal the body, but Daniel is sure that science...
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Series
William Monk volume 24
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"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...
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William Monk volume 17
Language
English
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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.
20) Three debts paid
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Series
Daniel Pitt volume 5
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A serial killer is on the loose, and may have a hidden connection to young barrister Daniel Pitt's university days, in this intricately woven mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. A serial killer is roaming the streets of London, and Daniel Pitt's university chum Ian, now a member of the police, is leading the search. The murders are keeping his mind occupied, but when Ian learns that their old professor, Nicholas Wolford, has...
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