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Revenge in a Cold River

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Master of mystery and historical intrigue Anne Perry once again transports readers to the banks of the Thames in Victorian London for her thrilling new William Monk novel. In Revenge in a Cold River, Monk faces his darkest hour ever as he spars with a quarry hell-bent on vengeance.
When Commander Monk of the Thames River Police is called to investigate the drowning of an escaped prisoner, he’s forced to contend with customs officer McNab, who clearly bears a bitter grudge against him. But the reason is a mystery in itself. Monk’s memory loss—a secret he guards closely—leaves him vulnerable to repercussions from his missing past, especially his exploits overseas in the tumultuous Gold Rush days of San Francisco. And now McNab, as icy and unfathomable as the steel-gray Thames itself, appears intent on using whatever damning facts he can find to his advantage to ruin Monk’s future as an officer of the law.
As Monk explores the possibility of a conspiracy, McNab’s game of cat and mouse escalates, with veiled threats and cryptic insinuations. Snared in an unforeseen trap, a desperate Monk must turn to his wife, Hester, and friend and attorney Oliver Rathbone for help, as his life literally hangs in the balance.
With razor-edged suspense and shocking twists and turns, Revenge in a Cold River is Anne Perry at her most intense—and most satisfying.
Praise for Revenge in a Cold River
“Fascinating and addictive . . . Another strong historical mystery that is true in both culture and manners to its Victorian setting.”—New York Journal of Books
“Perry is a master storyteller whose writing encompasses rich detail and nuance. . . . [Revenge in a Cold River] is her best to date.”The Star-Ledger
“The storytelling is dazzling, as it always is in a Perry novel.”The New York Times Book Review 
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 25, 2016
      In bestseller Perry’s workmanlike 22nd William Monk novel (after 2015’s Corridors of the Night), the Victorian-era Thames River Police commander, who suffers from amnesia caused by a carriage accident years earlier, is baffled why a customs officer, McNab, bears him such enmity. The question is much more than academic, since Monk suspects McNab tipped off river pirates to a police operation and thereby caused the death of Monk’s second-in-command. That history leads Monk to question McNab’s motives in handing over a drowning case to him. The victim, Blount, was a master forger who escaped from custody while being interrogated by McNab’s men. Blount was shot in the back, but the autopsy reveals that the wound was received post-mortem. Meanwhile, after yet another prisoner escapes from the custom officers, Monk fears for his life. The social commentary that informs the best of Perry’s work is largely missing, an absence that is palpable given the unremarkable plot line. Agent: Donald Maass, Donald Maass Literary.

    • Booklist

      September 1, 2016
      Perry is a best-selling, prolific producer of two series set in Victorian England, averaging a book a year for each. One is the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series; the second stars William Monk, the somewhat amnesiac commander of the Thames River Police, now in its twenty-second installment. Devotees of both series may find some formulas repeating themselves, especially that of transporting a twenty-first-century concern (like domestic violence) into Victorian England. The Monk novels have another device that is wearing thin, that of his memory loss from a carriage accident 13 years ago that leaves him deprived of knowledge of his past life, and vulnerable because of it. It's now 1869, and Monk discovers a body in the Thames that turns out to be that of an escaped convict. A second death soon follows, and Monk faces both an investigation and peril from his enemies. A subplot involving domestic violence is formulaic but gripping. This is definitely a lesser entry in an immensely popular series, but longtime fans won't want to miss a part of the story.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.)

    • Library Journal

      April 15, 2016

      Commander William Monk of the River Police realizes that the man pulled from the murky Thames with a bullet in his back was a notorious forger who'd just escaped from prison. Monk's investigations lead him into his own shuttered history.

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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