Carolyn F. (GracefulFire) reviewed A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, Bk 2) on + 65 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Second book in the series, the Inspector and investigator William Monk, assisted by Hester Lattery, endevour to solve the mystery of Octavia Haslett's death. Read the books in this order:
The Face of a Stranger
A Dangerous Mourning
Defend and Betray
A Sudden, Fearful Death
The Sins of the Wolf
Cain His Brother
Weighed in the Balance
The silent Cry
A Breach of Promise
The Twisted root
Slaves of Obsession
Funeral in Blue
Death of a Stranger
The Shifting Tide
The Dark Assassin
The Face of a Stranger
A Dangerous Mourning
Defend and Betray
A Sudden, Fearful Death
The Sins of the Wolf
Cain His Brother
Weighed in the Balance
The silent Cry
A Breach of Promise
The Twisted root
Slaves of Obsession
Funeral in Blue
Death of a Stranger
The Shifting Tide
The Dark Assassin
Kathleen C. (Woodchuck) reviewed A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, Bk 2) on + 83 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I loved this book from the first page. I couldn't put it down.
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I love her William Monk novels. This one had a surprising twist to the ending. Good read.
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Don't read this book unless you have read the previous Monk novel, 'Face of a Stranger'. It's a really good look into the European society of the 1800's. And Perry is an excellent writer!!
Kathleen C. (Woodchuck) reviewed A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk, Bk 2) on + 83 more book reviews
Captured me from the first page
In the two series that Anne Perry authored, William Monk and Thomas Pitt, she builds the characters and their lives as she delves into their latest mystery which enhances her stories with an added dimension. If you wish to get the most out of her series, here are the Monk books in the order in which they were written: 1990-Face of a Stranger, 1992-A Dangerous Morning, 1994-A Sudden Fearful Death, 1995-The Sins of the Wolf, 1996-Cain His Brother, 1997-Weighed in the Balance, 1998 The Silent Cry, 1998-A Breach of Promise, 2000-The Twisted Root, 2000-Slaves of Obsession, 2001-Funeral in Blue, 2002-Defend & Betray, 2003-Shifting Tide. For historical (Victorian Age) fiction mystery lovers, she is the greatest for a delightful pageturner.
Anne Perry at her best. had some real twists to the plot, have to admit the ending took me by surprise. As usual her research into the time period her stories take place in make you feel you are back in time with the characters in the book. needless to say I am a great fan of hers. I f you want more than just a real good mystery, I really recommend this.
A very satisfying mystery and an enjoyable series so far.
Don't read this book on a dark & stormy night.
It is seriously gothic in nature, set in a wealthy English home but that doesn't stop the creaking floorboards, drapes killing all sunlight & an inconvenient murder perhaps by a family member. Anne Perry is chillingly masterful with the inner mind of the English murderer.
It is seriously gothic in nature, set in a wealthy English home but that doesn't stop the creaking floorboards, drapes killing all sunlight & an inconvenient murder perhaps by a family member. Anne Perry is chillingly masterful with the inner mind of the English murderer.
Murder in an aristocratic London household pits Inspector William Monk against the Victorian sense of propriety, a bootlicking superior officer and a family's fierce desire to protect its reputation.
No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family - until Sir Basil's beautiful widowed daughter is stabbed to death in her own bed, a shocking, incomprehensible tragedy.
Inspector William Monk is ordered to investigate in a manner that will give the least possible pain to the influential family. But Monk, brilliant and ambitious, is handicapped by lingering traces of amnesia and by the craven ineptitude of his supervisor, who would like nothing better than to see Monk fail. (from back cover)
Inspector William Monk is ordered to investigate in a manner that will give the least possible pain to the influential family. But Monk, brilliant and ambitious, is handicapped by lingering traces of amnesia and by the craven ineptitude of his supervisor, who would like nothing better than to see Monk fail. (from back cover)
