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I've enjoyed the few books I've read in this series. Historical mysteries, set in Victorian London. I like the fact that the "secondary" main character was one of Florence Nightingale's nurses in the Crimean War.
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the plot follows a dark and twisting course
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In London hospital,Prudence Barrymore,a talented nurse who had once been one of Florence Nightingale's angels of mercy in the Crimean War,meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime-which intuition tells him no random stroke of violence by a madman.
Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester Latterly,another of Miss Nightingale's nurses,and barrister Oliver Rathbone,Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman.Yet he also discerns the shadow of a reagic evil that darkens every level of society,and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past....
Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester Latterly,another of Miss Nightingale's nurses,and barrister Oliver Rathbone,Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman.Yet he also discerns the shadow of a reagic evil that darkens every level of society,and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past....
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Cliff hanger of a trial, some things one might guess but it is spine tingling how the truth is uncovered.
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In a London hospital, Prudemce, a talented nurse who had once been one of Florence Nightingale's angels of mercy , meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquirey agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime--which intuition tells him was no random stroke of vilence by a madman
Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester, another of Miss Nightingales' nurses, and barrister Oliver, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil that darkens every level of society and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past.
Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester, another of Miss Nightingales' nurses, and barrister Oliver, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil that darkens every level of society and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past.
