The William Monk Mysteries_ The First Three Novels - Anne Perry [0]
2005 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition
The Face of a Stranger copyright © 1990 by Anne Perry
A Dangerous Mourning copyright © 1991 by Anne Perry
Defend and Betray copyright © 1992 by Anne Perry
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Originally published as three separate works entitled The Face of a Stranger, A Dangerous Mourning, and Defend and Betray by
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PRAISE FOR ANNE PERRY AND HER VICTORIAN NOVELS
“Anne Perry has made this particular era her own literary preserve.”
—The San Diego Union-Tribune
“Beguiling … The period detail remains fascinating, and [Anne Perry’s] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer
“The most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha Christie.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“[A] master of crime fiction who rarely fails to deliver a strong story and colorful cast of characters.”
—Baltimore Sun
“The pages fly.… Once again we’re in the capable hands of Anne Perry, reigning monarch of the Victorian mystery.”
—People (Page-turner of the Week)
“Anne Perry’s historical mysteries suggestively peel away layer after layer of Victorian respectability until the underlying social evils of a gilded era are exposed in all their naked truth.”
—The New York Times Book Review
BY ANNE PERRY
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Featuring William Monk
THE FACE of a STRANGER
A DANGEROUS MOURNING DEFEND AND BETRAY
A SUDDEN, FEARFUL DEATH
THE SINS OF THE WOLF
CAIN HIS BROTHER
WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE
THE SILENT CRY
A BREACH OF PROMISE
THE TWISTED ROOT
SLAVES OF OBSESSION
FUNERAL IN BLUE
DEATH OF A STRANGER
THE SHIFTING TIDE
DARK ASSASSIN
Featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
THE CATER STREET HANGMAN
CALLANDER SQUARE
PARAGON WALK
RESURRECTION ROW
BLUEGATE FIELDS
RUTLAND PLACE
DEATH IN THE DEVIL’S ACRE
CARDINGTON CRESCENT
SILENCE IN HANOVER CLOSE
BETHLEHEM ROAD
HIGHGATE RISE
BELGRAVE SQUARE
FARRIERS’ LANE
THE HYDE PARK HEADSMAN
TRAITORS GATE
PENTECOST ALLEY
ASHWORTH HALL
BRUNSWICK GARDENS
BEDFORD SQUARE
HALF MOON STREET
THE WHITECHAPEL
CONSPIRACY SOUTHAMPTON ROW
SEVEN DIALS
LONG SPOON LANE
The World War I Novels
NO GRAVES AS YET
SHOULDER THE SKY
ANGELS IN THE GLOOM
AT SOME DISPUTED BARRICADE
WE SHALL NOT SLEEP
The Christmas Novels
A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
A CHRISTMAS VISITOR
A CHRISTMAS GUEST
A CHRISTMAS SECRET
A CHRISTMAS BEGINNING
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Other Books by this Author
Dedication
Part 1 - THE FACE OF A STRANGER
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Part 2 - A DANGEROUS MOURNING
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Part 3 - DEFEND AND BETRAY
Dedication
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Now in bookstores …: A Sudden, Fearful Death
Chapter 1
About the Author
To Christine M. J. Lynch, in gratitude for old friendship renewed
THE FACE OF A STRANGER
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HE OPENED HIS EYES and saw nothing but a pale grayness above him,