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 Death of a Stranger - Anne Perry
 Death of a Stranger - Anne Perry ... demanding. Every night she tends to a stream of women of the streets who have been injured or become ill as a result of their trade. But the injuries are becoming more serious, and now a body has been discovered in one of the area's brothels. The dead man is none other than the wealthy and respectable Nolan Baltimore, head of Baltimore and Sons, a successful railway company. With calls for the police to clean up the streets, Hester decides she must intervene to protect these women who stand to lose everything. Meanwhile her husband, William Monk, has been approached by Katrina Harcus, who suspects that the company her fiance works for may be guilty of fraud.Newest Review: ... that he had nothing to do with prostitutes and are determined to find out what really happened. Hester, who runs a hospital ... more ... for injured prostitutes, is horrified by the amount of injuries that have been occurring, partially because business is now bad due to the constant presence of police in the area following Baltimore's death.
At the same time, William is approached by the fiancée of one of Baltimore's right-hand men, who is frightened that her fiancé may be involved in some kind of railway fraud. Monk tries to find out what he can, but as he begins to uncover some of the Baltimore company's past, he is terrified to discover that ...more |
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Death of a Stranger - Anne Perry: Death in Victorian England (773 words)
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Introduction Anne Perry is the author of a number of works of crime fiction set in Victorian London. There are two main series, one featuring Inspector Pitt and his wife, the other, of which this book is one, featuring William Monk, an ex-police inspector turned private investigator and his friend/later wife, Hester, who is a nurse. I first came across the books while living abroad and have varying opinions of them - they vary from the excellent - 'The Silent Cry', to the not very good, of which this particular book is probably of the latter variety. The author Anne Perry was born in Blackheath in London just before the Second World War and now ... Read the complete review
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