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The Echo of Murder: A William Monk Novel
In this gripping new William Monk novel, Anne Perry delves into the diverse population of Victorian London, whose distinct communities compel Monk to reconsider his investigative techniques—lest he become a target of violent bigotry. During his tenure with the Thames River Police, Commander Monk has never encountered a more gruesome crime scene: a Hungarian warehouse owner lies in the middle of his blood-soaked office, pierced through the chest with a bayonet and eerily surrounded by seventeen candles, their wicks dipped in blood. Suspecting the murder may be rooted in ethnic prejudice, Monk turns to London's Hungarian community in search of clues, but his inquiries are thwarted by its wary citizens and a language he does not speak. Only with the assistance of a local pharmacist serving as a translator can Monk hope to penetrate this tightly knit enclave, even as more of its members fall victim to identical brutal murders.
Regardless of whether the killer or killers are a secret society practicing ritual sacrifice, a madman on a rampage, or a British native targeting foreigners, they are well concealed among the city's ever-expanding populace. With the invaluable help of his wife—former battlefield nurse Hester, who is also dealing with a traumatized war veteran potentially involved in the murders—Monk must combat distrust, hostility, and threats from the very people he seeks to protect. As the body count grows, stirring ever greater fear and anger among the Hungarian émigrés, resistance to the police also increases. Racing against time and the rising tide of terror engulfing the city, Monk must be even more relentless than the mysterious killer, or the echoes of malice and murder will resound through London's streets like a clarion of doom.
Praise for An Echo of Murder: "[Anne] Perry fashions a rich, if blood-spattered narrative from this chapter of history. As the murders [of Hungarians] continue, Monk and his clever wife, Hester . . . struggle to fathom the new climate of hatred. 'I think it's fear,' Hester says. 'It's fear of ideas, things that aren't the way you're used to. Everyone you don't understand because their language is different, their food, but above all their religion.' How times haven't changed." —The New York Times Book Review
"Skillful . . . Perry smoothly intertwines themes—war's lingering cost, tension around immigration and otherness—that challenge in both her period and our own." —Publishers Weekly
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| Attribute | Value | ||||
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| publisher | Ballantine Books (September 19, 2017) | ||||
| publication_date | September 19, 2017 | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| file_size | 1777 KB | ||||
| text_to_speech | Enabled | ||||
| screen_reader | Supported | ||||
| enhanced_typesetting | Enabled | ||||
| x_ray | Enabled | ||||
| word_wise | Enabled | ||||
| sticky_notes | On Kindle Scribe | ||||
| print_length | 322 pages | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #184,961 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #46 in Victorian Literary Criticism (Books) #937 in Historical Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Fiction #1,558 in Traditional Detective Mysteries (Kindle Store) | ||||
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