A Dangerous Mourning
1991

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Average rating3.5

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Inspector Monk returns to the scene of another Victorian-era murder mystery when the daughter of an upper-crust family is stabbed in her own home. Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the help of Hester Latterly, formerly a nurse with Florence Nightingale, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows, knowing that with each step he comes closer to the appalling truth.


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23 primary books

#2 in William Monk

William Monk is a 23-book series with 23 released primary works first released in 1985 with contributions by Anne Perry.

#1
The Face of a Stranger
#2
A Dangerous Mourning
#3
Defend and Betray
#4
A Sudden, Fearful Death
#5
The Sins of the Wolf
#6
Cain His Brother
#7
Weighed in the Balance
#8
The Silent Cry
#9
A Breach of Promise
#10
The Twisted Root
#11
Slaves of obsession
#12
A Funeral in Blue

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Some of Perry's books are nice. Entertaining. Her characters are warm. But this one is way too drawn out. It only picks up at the very end.

November 30, 2019

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