A Sunless Sea
A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books;(August 28, 2012)
ISBN-10: 9780345510648
Amazon Review:
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman.
What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?
While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to London’s fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth—and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang.
Anne Perry has never worn her literary colors with greater distinction than in A Sunless Sea, a heart-pounding novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life.
Ok, so... Anne Perry never lets up!
This one started off a little slow. But, as they say, not for long! I think this book, so far, of the Monk series, has the longest trial of all her books. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
As always there are twists and turns.. and occasionally even a wake up slap across the face!
Yet another good story, what can I say? How she keeps coming up with these novels I will never know!!
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books;(August 28, 2012)
ISBN-10: 9780345510648
Amazon Review:
As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman.
What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?
While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to London’s fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth—and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang.
Anne Perry has never worn her literary colors with greater distinction than in A Sunless Sea, a heart-pounding novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life.
Ok, so... Anne Perry never lets up!
This one started off a little slow. But, as they say, not for long! I think this book, so far, of the Monk series, has the longest trial of all her books. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
As always there are twists and turns.. and occasionally even a wake up slap across the face!
Yet another good story, what can I say? How she keeps coming up with these novels I will never know!!
posted by DesLily | 4:59 PM
1 Comments:
This sounds so good! Was trying to remember where I've heard 'a sunless sea' before and then I remembered a poem:
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran.
Through caverns measureless to man.
Down to a sunless sea.'
It's from Kubla Khan by Coleridge. :-)
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