An Echo Of Murder: A William Monk Novel

In this riveting new William Monk novel, Anne Perry delves into the diverse population of Victorian London, whose disparate communities force Monk to rethink his investigative techniquesùlest he be caught in the crosshairs of violent bigotry. In the course of his tenure with the Thames River Police, Commander Monk has yet to see a more gruesome crime scene: a Hungarian warehouse owner lies in the middle of his blood-sodden office, pierced through the chest with a bayonet and eerily surrounded by seventeen candles, their wicks dipped in blood. Suspecting the murder may be rooted in ethnic prejudice, Monk turns to LondonÆs Hungarian community in search of clues but finds his inquiries stymied by its wary citizens and a language he doesnÆt speak. Only with the help of a local pharmacist acting as translator can Monk hope to penetrate this tightly knit enclave, even as more of its members fall victim to identical brutal murders. But whoever the killer, or killers, may beùa secret society practicing ritual sacrifice, a madman on a spree, a British native targeting foreignersùthey are well hidden among the cityÆs ever-growing populace. With the able assistance of his wifeùformer battlefield nurse Hester, who herself is dealing with a traumatized war veteran who may be tangled up in the murdersùMonk must combat distrust, hostility, and threats from the very people he seeks to protect. But as the body count grows, stirring ever greater fear and anger among the Hungarian ?migr?s, resistance to the police also increases. Racing time and the rising tide of terror all around him, Monk must be even more relentless than the mysterious killer, or the echoes of malice and murder will resound through LondonÆs streets like a clarion of doom. Praise for An Echo of Murder ô[Anne] Perry fashions a rich, if blood-spattered narrative from this chapter of history. As the murders [of Hungarians] continue, Monk and his clever wife, Hester . . . struggle to fathom the new climate of hatred. æI think itÆs fear,Æ Hester says. æItÆs fear of ideas, things that arenÆt the way youÆre used to. Everyone you donÆt understand because their language is different, their food, but above all their religion.Æ How times havenÆt changed.öùThe New York Times Book Review ôSkillful . . . Perry smoothly intertwines themesùwarÆs lingering cost, tension around immigration and othernessùthat challenge in both her period and our own.öùPublishers Weekly

• | Author: Anne Perry
• | Publisher: Ballantine Books
• | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0425285030
• | ISBN-13: 9780425285039