โ Scribed by Anne Perry
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
When the body of a small-time crook named Mickey Parfitt washes up on the tide, no one grieves; far from it. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the expensive silk cravat used to strangle Parfitt. How did this elegant scarfwhose original owner was obviously a man of substanceend up imbedded in the neck of a wharf rat who richly deserved his sordid end?
Dockside informers lead Monk to what may be a partial answera floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a captive band of half-starved boys are forced to perform vile acts for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Although Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would prefer to pin a medal on Parfitts killer, duty leads them in another directionto an unresolved crime from the past, to blackmail and more murder, and to a deadly confrontation with some of the empires most respected men.
To a superlative degree, Acceptable Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tensionin sum, every delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne Perry novel.
Library : General
Universes : William Monk [17]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780345530301
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