Execution Dock: A William Monk Novel (U)

readers Of Anne Perry s Bestselling William Monk Novels Feel As If They ve Experienced The Many Shades Of Victorian London, From Belgravia To Limehouse, From Drawing Room To Brothel. In execution Dock, Perry s First Monk Novel In Three Years, We Find Ourselves On The Bustling Docks Along The River Thames. Here The Empire s Great Merchant Ships Unload The Treasures Of The World. And Here, In Dank And Sinister Alleys, Sex Merchants Ply Their Lucrative Trade.the Dreaded Kingpin Of This Dark Realm Is Jericho Phillips. On His Floating Brothel, Sex Slaves Are Forced To Endure Unspeakable Acts. Now One Such Soul, Thirteen-year-old Fig, Is Found With His Throat Cut, His Tortured Body Tossed Into The River.commander William Monk Of The River Police Swears That Phillips Will Hang For This Abomination. But The Miscreant Is As Wily As He Is Monstrous, And His Wealthy Clients Seem Far Beyond The Reach Of The Law. Monk s Attempt To Bring About Justice Becomes The First Electrifying Episode In A Nightmare That Will Test His Courage And Integrity.however, Reinforcements Are On The Way. Monk s Wife, Hester, Who Runs A Free Clinic For Abused Women, Draws A Highly Unusual Guerrilla Force To Her Husband s Cause a Canny Ratcatcher, A Retired Brothel Keeper, A Fearless Street Urchin, And A Rebellious Society Lady. To One As Criminally Minded As Phillips, These Folks Are Mere Mosquitoes, To Be Sure. But As He Will Soon Discover, Some Mosquitoes Can Have A Deadly Sting.this Gripping, Terrifying Story Hurtles Toward To A Denouement That Will Leave The Reader Breathless But Cheering. Execution Dock is Anne Perry At Her Incomparable, Magnificent Best.publishers Weeklycolacci Proves A Fine Choice As Narrator Of Perry's Latest Mystery. In This 15th William Monk Adventure, The Detective Has Barely Settled Into His New Position As Superintendent Of The Thames River Police When He Witnesses A Young Couple Fall To Their Deaths From Waterloo Bridge. Was It Suicide, Accident Or Murder? To Find The Answer, Monk, Assisted By His Wife, Hester, Undertakes An Investigation That Will Take Him From The Upper Realms Of London Society To The Lower Depths Of The City's Poor And Homeless, Each Offering Its Own Particular Form Of Deadly Danger. Perry Is At Her Best When She Writes About The Class Distinctions That Defined And Divided The Class-conscious Populace Of The 19th Century, And Colacci Syncs Perfectly With Her As He Slips Easily From One Colloquial Accent To Another, Portraying The Wide Variety Of City Dwellers Who Made Up The Multitudes Occupying London In 1864. Colacci's Performance Succeeds Nicely In Bringing The Streets And Drawing Rooms Of Monk's Victorian London To Life. Simultaneous Release With The Ballantine Hardcover (reviews, Jan. 23). (apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.