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The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1)
The Face of a Stranger - William Monk, Bk 1
Author: Anne Perry
His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detecive. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and is assigned to investigate the brutal murder of a Crimean War hero and man about town. Which makes...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780804108584
ISBN-10: 0804108587
Publication Date: 9/23/1991
Pages: 352
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3.9 stars, based on 89 ratings
Publisher: Fawcett
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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silverwife avatar 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.
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Excellent introduction of Inspector Monk ... can't wait to read the next one! Anne Perry is one of my new favorite authors!
Smokey avatar reviewed The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1) on + 265 more book reviews
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1st in the "Monk" series. Great story.
reviewed The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, Bk 1) on + 14 more book reviews
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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.
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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.
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This is an excellent Victorian mystery. Can't wait to read the whole Inspector Monk series.
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Set in London after the Crimea war. I loved the fact that one of the main characters was one of Florence Nightingale's nurses. Main character is detective William Monk, a London police detective. The catch? He had an accident that has left him bereft of his memory. He hides the fact as he continues his detective work.


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