{"product_id":"the-william-monk-mysteries-isbn-9780345480934","title":"The William Monk Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eFew authors have made Victorian London as engaging and lively as Anne Perry has and her rich descriptions and charismatic characters have long captivated fans around the world. Now in one enticing volume, here are Anne Perry’s first three classic novels featuring private investigator William Monk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE FACE OF A STRANGER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eHis name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detective. His memory vanished after a terrible accident, intent on hiding his condition and starting a new life, Monk tackles a grisly murder case in which each new revelation leads him to the answers he seeks but dreads to find. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA DANGEROUS MOURNING\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCalled upon to investigate the brutal murder of a blue-blooded young widow, Monk is plagued by his lingering amnesia and an inept supervisor. But nurse Hester Latterly offers her assistance, and together they grope warily through the silence and shadows that obscure the aristocrat’s demise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDEFEND AND BETRAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAfter a brilliant military career, General Thaddeus Carlyon meets his death not on the battlefield but at a London dinner party, and his wife confesses to the murder. But Monk and Hester Latterly suspect deceit, and with the trial only days away, they feverishly work to unravel the dark heart of the mystery.\u003cb\u003e“Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens’s eyes pop.”\u003cbr\u003e–\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Perry\u003c\/b\u003e was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She was also the author of a series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel, as well as the Elena Standish series; a series of five World War I novels; twenty-one holiday novels; and a historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sheen on the Silk,\u003c\/i\u003e set in the Byzantine Empire. Anne Perry died in 2023.New York Times bestselling author The Face of a Stranger - A Dangerous Mourning - Defend and Betray","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301115482341,"sku":"NP9780345480934","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780345480934.jpg?v=1767742224","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-william-monk-mysteries-isbn-9780345480934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}