Bibliograph

Dark assassin, a novel, Anne Perry

Type

Label

Dark assassin, a novel, Anne Perry

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dark assassin

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

236171048

Responsibility statement

Anne Perry

Series statement

William Monk

Sub title

a novel

Summary

On a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge, police superintendent William Monk notices a young couple engaged in an intense discussion. Seconds later, the two plunge to their deaths in the icy waters of the Thames. Was it an accident, a suicide, or a murder? Ever the investigator, Monk learns that the woman, Mary Havilland, had planned to marry the fair-haired man who shared her fate. He also discovers that Mary's father had recently died in a supposed suicide. But Mary's friends share their own darks suspicions with Monk, who now faces the mysteries surroundingthreedeaths. Aided by his intrepid wife, Hester, Monk searches for answers. From luxurious drawing rooms where powerful men hatch their unscrupulous plots, to the sewers beneath the city where poor folk fight crippling poverty, Monk must connect the clues before death strikes again

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor