William Monk Collection - Books 1-19 - Ann Perry torrent

Category: Crime
Language: EnglishKeywords: Ann Perry

Written by Ann Perry
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Featuring William Monk[edit]
The Face of a Stranger (1990)
A Dangerous Mourning (1991)
Defend and Betray (1992)
A Sudden, Fearful Death (1993)
The Sins of the Wolf (1994)
Cain His Brother (1995)
Weighed in the Balance (1996)
The Silent Cry (1997)
A Breach of Promise (alt. title: Whited Sepulchres) (1997)
The Twisted Root (1999)
Slaves of Obsession (alt. title: Slaves and Obsession) (2000)
A Funeral in Blue (2001)
Death of a Stranger (2002)
The Shifting Tide (2004)
Dark Assassin (2006)
Execution Dock (2009)
Acceptable Loss (2011)
A Sunless Sea (2012)
Blind Justice (2013)

Inspector William Monk is a fictional character created by the writer Anne Perry and hero of a series of books.
He was born in Northumberland in the Victorian Era, the son of a fisherman.
Before he joined the police, Monk worked as a banker under Arroll Dundas, who became Monk’s mentor and taught him how to behave and dress like a gentleman. When Dundas was wrongly convicted of railway fraud, Monk decided he would never again be so powerless against injustice, so he became a policeman. He was ruthlessly ambitious and quickly climbed the career ladder - while making many enemies along the way.
He had a coach accident in 1856, after which he lost his memory - a fact he kept secret to save his job. After the accident he met Hester Latterly, a Crimean War nurse and they became close, with her being the only one who knew about Monk’s memory issues.
In the second book, A Dangerous Mourning, Monk was fired from the police for insubordination and had to become a private investigator. Lady Callandra Daviott (Hester’s best friend) financed his private investigations.
Sir Oliver Rathbone was his love rival (he too wanted to marry Hester) and judicial adviser in his case.
In “Dark Assassin,” Monk becomes a member of the Thames River Police to pay a debt to a friend who died on a previous case. Though he finds the shift from street policing to river policing difficult, he slowly earns the respect of his men and continues on in this position.