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An echo of murder / Anne Perry.
"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 brutally murdered in his office, surrounded by seventeen candles. As similar murders crop up, Monk suspects ethnic prejudice as a motive and turns to London's Hungarian community in search of clues. But he finds his inquiries stymied by a language he doesn't speak and a population with growing mistrust of the police. With the help of his wife, Hester -- a former battlefield nurse, whose old colleague may be tangled up in the murders --- Monk must race time and terror to find the mysterious killer."-- Publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780425285015
- ISBN: 9781472234162 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780425285039 (trade pbk. 2018)
- Physical Description: 286 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Glenwood and Souris Regional Library | F PERRY 2017 (Text) | 367640000142749 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Alert Bay Public Library | AF PER (Text) | 35125000124945 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF PER (Text) | 35198000640103 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | MYS PER (Text) | 35146002043859 | Mystery | Volume hold | Available | - |
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| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F PER (Text) | DCL160846 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | FC PER (Text) | 35170000419663 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | PER (William Monk #23) (Text) | 35196000295589 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. John Public Library | AF PER (Text) | 35211000524654 | ADULT Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Greenwood Public Library | Fic PER Mystery (Text) | 35141000212655 | Mystery | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"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 London's Hungarian community in search of clues but finds his inquiries stymied by its wary citizens and a language he doesn't 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 be--a secret society practicing ritual sacrifice, a madman on a spree, a British native targeting foreigners--they are well hidden among the city's ever-growing populace. With the able assistance of his wife--former battlefield nurse Hester, who herself is dealing with a traumatized war veteran who may be tangled up in the murders--Monk 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 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 London's streets like a clarion of doom"-- - Baker & Taylor
Investigating the murder of a warehouse owner, Thames River Police Commander Monk is forced to rethink his crimesolving techniques in order to avoid getting caught in the crosshairs of violence stemming from ethnic prejudice. - Baker & Taylor
Investigating the gruesome murder of a Hungarian warehouse owner, Thames River Police Commander Monk is challenged to rethink his crime-solving techniques in order to avoid being caught in the crosshairs of violence stemming from ethnic prejudice. By the best-selling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Random House, Inc.
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 techniquesâlest 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 Londonâs Hungarian community in search of clues but finds his inquiries stymied by its wary citizens and a language he doesnât 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 beâa secret society practicing ritual sacrifice, a madman on a spree, a British native targeting foreignersâthey are well hidden among the cityâs ever-growing populace.
With the able assistance of his wifeâformer battlefield nurse Hester, who herself is dealing with a traumatized war veteran who may be tangled up in the murdersâMonk 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 émigrés, 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 Londonâs streets like a clarion of doom.
Praise for An Echo of Murder
â[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. âI think itâs fear,â Hester says. âItâs fear of ideas, things that arenât the way youâre used to. Everyone you donât understand because their language is different, their food, but above all their religion.â How times havenât changed.ââThe New York Times Book Review
âSkillful . . . Perry smoothly intertwines themesâwarâs lingering cost, tension around immigration and othernessâthat challenge in both her period and our own.ââPublishers Weekly
