Defend and betray
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307767776 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0307767779 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource. - Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2010]
Content descriptions
General Note: | "An Inspector William Monk novel."--Cover |
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Subject: | Monk, William (Fictitious character) -- Fiction Police -- Fiction London (England) -- Fiction Suspense Traditional British Monk, William (Fictitious character) Police England -- London |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Electronic books. Fiction. |
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Summary:
After a brilliant military career, esteemed General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets his death, not in the frenzy of battle but at an elegant London dinner party. His demise appears to be the result of a freak accident, but the general's beautiful wife, Alexandra, readily confesses that she killed him-a story she clings to even under the threat of the noose. Investigator William Monk, nurse Hester Latterly, and brilliant Oliver Rathbone, counsel for the defense, work feverishly to break down the wall of silence raised by the accused and her husband's proud family. With the trial only days away, these there sleuths inch toward the dark and appalling heart of the mystery. From the Trade Paperback edition.