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MEURTRES SOUTERRAINS

Code EAN13: 9782848681528

Auteur : PERRY ANNE

Éditeur : DE LA LOUPE


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William Monk faces special challenges in bestseller Perry's absorbing 15th novel to feature the Victorian policeman (after 2005's The Shifting Tide), as he must convince skeptical fellow officers of his competence to lead the corruption-ridden Thames River Police during a rampant crime wave. In a fogbound setting evocative of Conan Doyle, newly appointed Superintendent Monk and his river patrol watch helplessly as two young lovers plunge to their deaths from a bridge. Monk's exhaustive investigation, aided by his activist wife, Hester, soon reveals a deadly conflict between the two lovers"families over the hasty construction of a vast sewer complex built to prevent a recurrence of the"Great Stink"and typhoid epidemic of 1863. A riveting pursuit of an unknown assassin brings Monk in contact with the city's most destitute, one of several incidents highlighting the growing conflict between the abject poor and those whose houses have such luxuries as sewers and gas pipes. Some readers may have trouble with the cockney dialogue, but all will relish the last-minute twists that lead to a compelling resolution. (Mar.)
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  • EAN
    9782848681528
  • Auteur
  • Éditeur
    DE LA LOUPE
  • Genre
    Littérature - Polars
  • Date de parution
    14/09/2006
  • Support
    Broché
  • Description du format
    Version Papier
  • Poids
    560 g
  • Hauteur
    240 mm
  • Largeur
    150 mm
  • Épaisseur
    20 mm
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