Découvrez William Monk, l'inspecteur créé par Anne Perry ! 

Londres, 1856. Alors que le canal de Suez sonne l'ère du progrès, William Monk se voit confronté à une affaire sans précédent. Sous ses yeux, un navire explose sur la Tamise et cause la perte de nombreux passagers. Pour la police, le coupable de l'attentat est vite trouvé. Mais ne s'agirait-il pas surtout de couvrir la vérité à l'aide d'un bouc émissaire ? Hanté par les images du drame, Monk est prêt à se dresser contre une autorité corrompue pour que justice soit faite...

" Les mystères victoriens d'Anne Perry sont des merveilles. " - The New York Times Book Review

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Commander William Monk - A man with no past has only his conscience and instinct to guide him... 
One: THE FACE OF A STRANGER
Monk is given a particularly sensational case: the brutal murder of Crimean war hero, Joscelin Grey, in his rooms in fashionable Mecklenburgh Square. It's an assignment to make or break an investigator who must pry into a noble family's secrets.
Suggesting that his superior, the wily Runcorn, hopes he will fail, Monk returns to a world where he cannot distinguish friend from foe. Grasping desperately for any clue to his own past and to the identity of the killer, each new revelation leads Monk step by terrifying step to the answers he seeks but dreads to find.
Two: A DANGEROUS MOURNING
No breath of scandal has ever touched the aristocratic Moidore family. London's wealthiest and most influential can often be found taking tea or dining in the opulent family mansion of Sir Basil Moidore in Queen Anne Street.
Now Sir Basil's beautiful widowed daughter has been stabbed to death in her own bed, a shocking and incomprehensible tragedy. Inspector William Monk is ordered to find her killer without delay - and in a manner that will give least pain to her family.
Handicapped by his inept supervisor and the lingering traces of amnesia, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows that obscure the case. But with the intelligent help of Hester Latterly, he begins to approach the astonishing solution, step by dangerous step.
Three: DEFEND AND BETRAY
After a brilliant military career in India, General Thaddeus Carlyon finally meets death not in the frenzy of battle, but at a London dinner party, in what appears to be a freak accident. But the General's beautiful wife readily confesses that she killed him - a story she clings to even under the shadow of the gallows.
Investigator William Monk, nurse Hestor Latterly and Oliver Rathbone, counsel for the defence, work feverishly to break down the silence of the accused and her husband's proud family; and with the trial only days away they inch towards the appalling heart of the mystery.

A William Monk Collection: The Face of a Stranger, A Dangerous Mourning, Defend and Betray

Worm, un gamin des rues âgé de neuf ans, vit sur les rives de la Tamise et il n'a jamais passé un Noël en famille. Mais grâce à un petit boulot dans la clinique d'Hester Monk à Portpool Lane, la douce Miss Claudine Burroughs et Squeaky Robinson, un vieux comptable bougon, deviennent sa famille adoptive.
Quand Worm est témoin de l'enlèvement d'une belle jeune femme par deux voyous quelques jours avant Noël, éperdu, il demande de l'aide à Squeaky. Le vieil homme a autrefois possédé un bordel et il sait qu'il est dangereux de se mêler d'affaires louches comme celle-ci, mais il ne supporte pas l'idée de décevoir Worm ou de laisser le garçon voler au secours de la jeune femme tout seul.  Cependant, les deux sauveurs improvisés ne s'attendaient pas à ce que la demoiselle en détresse ait la situation bien en main... et s'emploie à amener ses ravisseurs devant la justice pour des crimes bien pires que son kidnapping. Mais, il ne faut pas sous-estimer les deux truands, aussi fourbes que mortellement dangereux. Et peut-être que l'aide du cynique vieux Squeaky et du jeune Worm, gonflé d'optimisme, permettra au bien de triompher et d'éviter un terrible drame de Noël.

Un Noël au bord de la Tamise

Lorsque Monty Danforth, libraire dans le quartier de Cambridge, retire d'un carton un très vieux parchemin, il ne sait pas encore que plus rien ne sera comme avant.

Trois individus énigmatiques se présentent successivement à lui, voulant tous - et à n'importe quel prix - acquérir le mystérieux manuscrit.

Qui sont ces étranges personnages et comment expliquer les phénomènes inquiétants qui envahissent peu à peu la vie de Monty ? Malédiction ou anathème ? Qui pourrait détenir la clé du mystère ?

Le mystère de High Street

William Monk faces his most bizarre case to date... 
In the foggy streets of Victorian London, Investigator Monk continues to solve the city's crimes and murders, with Cain His Brother being the sixth instalment of Anne Perry's mystery series featuring the popular detective. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.
'Just when you think you have it figured out, think again! No one can capture and bring to life the drama, excitement, and feel of Victorian England like Perry' - Mostly Murder 
Genvieve Stonefield's husband Angus is missing when she seeks William Monk's help to find him. She is convinced that he has been murdered by his twin brother Caleb, a shadowy figure who lives in the slums bordering the Thames and has always hated his respectable businessman brother. Although worried about Hester Latterly's health as she nurses victims of a typhoid outbreak in Limehouse, and threatened by a personal scandal, Monk is determined to bring one of the most bizarre cases he has ever encountered to its conclusion.
What readers are saying about Cain His Brother: 
'This is the best one in the Monk series... this novel has a most baffling conclusion and left me reeling in surprise'
'Lots of twists to the tale, it'll have you hooked'
'Five stars

Cain His Brother (William Monk Mystery, Book 6)

Londres, 1856. En cette époque de progrès, l'Empire britannique est en pleine expansion et le canal de Suez est en voie d'achèvement. Beaucoup de gens ont tout à gagner – et à perdre – dans ce monde en plein changement. Suite à l'explosion d'un bateau de plaisance sur la Tamise, qui a causé la perte de nombreuses vies, un égyptien est rapidement condamné à la pendaison. Mais William Monk, chef de la police fluviale, découvre que certaines preuves ont été contrefaites. A mesure que Monk et sa femme Hester se plongent dans cette enquête, ils commencent à douter de la culpabilité du condamné. Et si la Justice elle-même a été corrompue, dénoncer le vrai coupable peut s'avérer une idée imprudente.

Du Sang sur la Tamise

Anne Perry’s bestselling Victorian novels offer readers an elixir as addictively rich as Devonshire cream or English ale–enticing millions into a literary world almost as real as the original. While flower sellers, costermongers, shopkeepers, and hansom drivers ply their trades, the London police watch over all. Or so people believe. . . .Early one morning, Thomas Pitt, dauntless mainstay of the Special Branch, is summoned to Long Spoon Lane, where anarchists are plotting an attack. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poor people. After a chase, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom?As Pitt delves into the case, he finds that there is more to the terrorism than the destructive gestures of misguided idealists. The police are running a lucrative protection racket, and clues suggest that Inspector Wetron of Bow Street is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to whip up fears of more attacks–and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. This would make him the most powerful man in the country.To defeat Wetron, Pitt finds that he must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey, and the unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. Can they prevail? As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.From the first sentence to the last, Long Spoon Lane is a miracle of suspense, of plot and counterplot, bluff and counterbluff, in a take-no-prisoners battle between good and evil. It is possibly the very best of all the wonderful Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels.

Long Spoon Lane (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #24)

Inde britannique, 1857. Après qu'une vague de mutinerie a secoué la base militaire de Kanpur, personne n'est d'humeur aux festivités, à seulement deux semaines de Noël. Un soldat en état d'arrestation pour manquement au devoir a tué un garde et s'est échappé, porteur d'informations cruciales. Quelqu'un l'a forcément aidé, et l'infirmier John Tallis était dépourvu d'alibi au moment des faits. Or son procès pourrait lui coûter la vie... Mais pour le jeune lieutenant Victor Narraway, chargé de sa défense, le suspect semble dénué de motif. Un innocent pourrait-il être pendu avant Noël ?« Ce nouveau mystère de Noël se distingue par une intrigue particulièrement solide. »Publishers Weekly

Un Noël à Kanpur (Petits crimes de Noël, #10)

If protecting the innocent means breaking the law, what is the right choice to make? 
Inspector William Monk searches for the elusive truth in a controversial and dangerous case in Blind Justice, the nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Arthur Conan Doyle.
'A staggering achievement... Perry's command of plot and prose shines' - Bookreporter
Oliver Rathbone, William Monk's close friend, has presided brilliantly over his first cases as a judge. But the next will bring a far greater challenge. Abel Taft, a charismatic minister adored by his congregation, stands accused of terrible corruption and fraud which has ruined the lives of those he's betrayed.
In court, each victim affirms Taft's guilt, but when the defence's star witness tears their stories apart, the case seems lost. Rathbone realises he holds, locked away, a piece of evidence that could change the outcome of the trial and bring true justice, but can he, as the judge, become involved? The decision Rathbone makes will draw Monk deep into a dangerous case that will shape the rest of both their lives...
Winner of the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical Novel 2014.
What readers are saying about Blind Justice: 
'I have found Anne Perry to be one of the best writers I have read. Her books are very atmospheric and I feel that I am actually in Victorian London'
'A riveting mystery wrapped up in the dark and seedy side of Victorian London'
'Anne Perry is the best Victorian crime [writer] I have ever read

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