Revenge in a Cold River

✍ Scribed by Perry, Anne

• Book ID: 109206981
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 495 KB
• Series: William Monk 22
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781101886359

✦ Synopsis

Master of mystery and historical intrigue Anne Perry once again transports readers to the banks of the Thames in Victorian London for her thrilling new William Monk novel. In Revenge in a Cold River, Monk faces his darkest hour ever as he spars with a quarry hell-bent on vengeance.

When Commander Monk of the Thames River Police is called to investigate the drowning of an escaped prisoner, he's forced to contend with customs officer McNab, who clearly bears a bitter grudge against him. But the reason is a mystery in itself. Monk's memory loss—a secret he guards closely—leaves him vulnerable to repercussions from his missing past . . . especially his exploits overseas, in the tumultuous Gold Rush days of San Francisco. And now McNab, as icy and unfathomable as the steel-gray Thames itself, appears intent on using whatever damning facts he can find to his advantage to ruin Monk's future as an officer of the law.

After a second prisoner takes...