Summary:

“Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil,” The New York
Times Book Review once declared, “and Anne Perry can write a
Victorian mystery that would make Dickens’s eyes pop.” And Perry’s
new William and Hester Monk story, a mesmerizing masterpiece of
innocence and evil on London’s docks, outshines all her previous
novels in this successful and beloved series.When the body of a
small-time crook named Mickey Parfitt washes up on the tide, no one
grieves; far from it. But William Monk, commander of the River
Police, is puzzled by the expensive silk cravat used to strangle
Parfitt. How did this elegant scarf—whose original owner was
obviously a man of substance—end up imbedded in the neck of a wharf
rat who richly deserved his sordid end?Dockside informers lead Monk
to what may be a partial answer—a floating palace of corruption on
the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a captive band of half-starved
boys are forced to perform vile acts for men willing to pay a high
price for midnight pleasures. Although Monk and his fearless wife,
Hester, would prefer to pin a medal on Parfitt’s killer, duty leads
them in another direction—to an unresolved crime from the past, to
blackmail and more murder, and to a deadly confrontation with some of
the empire’s most respected men.To a superlative degree, Acceptable
Loss provides colorful characters, a memorable portrait of waterfront
life, and a story that achieves its most thrilling moments in a
transfixed London courtroom, where Monk faces his old friend Oliver
Rathbone in a trial of nearly unbearable tension—in sum, every
delectable drop of the rich pleasure that readers expect from an Anne
Perry novel.

Book Details:

Physical Description: 4.3"x6.9"x1.2"; 0.5 lb
Edition Info: Paperback; 2011-09-01

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