Sandra T. (silverwife) reviewed The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This is an excellent opener to a series and has made me a pretty devoted fan. It's 1856 and William Monk has awakened in a hospital without a memory. He doesn't even know his name until someone tells him. He's surprised and puzzled to find out that he's a 'peeler', a member of the British police. As soon as he's released he starts trying to piece together his past while still working on the cases he's assigned. He meets (and winds up allying himself with) a nurse recently back from the fields of the Crimean War. Despite the antipathy between them, information from their two pretty disparate realms actually work well together and keeps the story moving along at a clipping pace. Anne Perry does an excellent job of evoking the mores, the concerns, the constraints, the flavor of the period. Her plotting and pacing are very good. If you like murder mysteries you'll like it. If you like mysteries woven in an historical setting, you'll like it a lot.
Helpful Score: 2
Excellent introduction of Inspector Monk ... can't wait to read the next one! Anne Perry is one of my new favorite authors!
Helpful Score: 2
1st in the "Monk" series. Great story.
Carol L. (LittleRhody) reviewed The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1) on + 14 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
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.
Carolyn F. (GracefulFire) reviewed The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1) on + 65 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
The first book in the William Monk series of Victorian detective novels by Anne Perry. FANTASTIC. Be sure to read this one first and read them in ORDER.
