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The shifting tide : a novel

William Monk, a private inquiry agent in Victorian London, enters the unfamiliar territory of the London Docks to investigate the theft of a cargo of ivory. The shipowner's unwillingness to report the theft to the police, and his warning to Monk not to investigate the murder of one of the ship's crew, makes Monk suspicious.

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  • "Only dire need persuades William Monk to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory."
  • "London, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts: Privatdetektiv William Monk soll für den Reeder Clement Louvain ermitteln, dem eine ganze Schiffsladung kostbaren Elfenbeins gestohlen wurde. Der Dienst habende Wachmann wurde dabei brutal erschlagen. Kurz darauf wird im Armenhospital, das Monks Frau Hester leitet, die junge Ruth ermordet. Zwei ganz unterschiedliche Fälle, so scheint es. Bis sich herausstellt, dass sowohl Ruth als auch der Wachmann an der Pest erkrankt waren ... Die Engländerin Anne Perry, 1938 in London geboren, verbrachte einen Teil ihrer Jugend in Neuseeland und auf den Bahamas. Schon früh begann sie zu schreiben. Ihre historischen Kriminalromane zeichnen ein lebendiges Bild des spätviktorianischen England und begeistern ein Millionenpublikum. Anne Perry lebt und schreibt in Schottland. Mehr zur Autorin und ihren Büchern erfahren Sie unter www.anneperry.co.uk."
  • "William Monk, a private inquiry agent in Victorian London, enters the unfamiliar territory of the London Docks to investigate the theft of a cargo of ivory. The shipowner's unwillingness to report the theft to the police, and his warning to Monk not to investigate the murder of one of the ship's crew, makes Monk suspicious."@en
  • "Reluctantly accepting an assignment to investigate an ivory cargo theft along the Thames, Victorian sleuth William Monk wonders why his client elected not to report the crime to police."@en
  • "In her new masterpiece featuring private inquiry agent William Monk, New York Times best selling novelist Anne Perry displays her prodigious writing talent. With insight, compassion, and a portraitist's genius, Perry illuminates the shifting tide of emotions encompassing Queen Victoria's London and the people who live there, aristocrats, brothel owners, thieves, Dickensian ruffians, and their evil keepers. She takes us through dangerous back streets where the poor eke out their humble livings, and into the mansions of the rich, safe and secure in their privileged lives. Or so they believe ..."@en
  • "William Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand. But the river Thames and its teeming docks--where wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades--is unknown territory. Only Monk's dire need for work persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain, to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain's recently docked schooner, theMaude Idris.But why didn't Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Another mystery is the appearance of a desperately ill woman who Louvain claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend. Is she connected to the theft, or to something much darker? As Monk endeavors to solve these riddles, he can't imagine the trap that will soon so fatefully ensnare him."@en
  • "When the MAUDE IDRIS docks at the Pool of London, laden with ebony, spices and tusks of ivory, Clement Louvain leaves four armed seamen on board to guard the precious cargo. But in the morning the ivory is gone and one of the seamen is dead. Hindered by his ignorance of the river and its customs, but badly requiring the huge fees that Louvain is prepared to pay, William Monk begins his investigation into the theft and murder. Meanwhile, Hester's work at the refuge for sick prostitutes is encountering acute financial difficulties. When a man arrives promising to pay a huge sum for the care of one particular woman, Hester is astonished. He is none other than Clement Louvain."@en
  • "Clément Louvain, un des plus gros armateurs de la place de Londres, engage Monk pour retrouver de l'ivoire volé sur le Maude Idris, un quatre mâts qui rentrait d'Afrique. L'homme de quart, Hodge, y a été sauvagement assassiné. Dans le même temps, une jeune femme que Louvain amène à la clinique d'Hester et qui se révèle avoir la peste noire est assassinée..."
  • "Reluctantly accepting an assignment to investigate an Ivory cargo theft along the Thames, Victorian sleuth William Monk wonders why his client elected not to report the crime to police."@en
  • "Reluctantly accepting an assignment to investigate an Ivory cargo theft along the Thames, Victorian sleuth William Monk wonders why his client elected not to report the crime to police."
  • "In her new masterpiece featuring private inquiry agent William Monk, New York Times bestselling novelist Anne Perry displays her prodigious writing talent. With insight, compassion, and a portraitist's genius, Perry illuminates the shifting tide of emotions encompassing Queen Victoria's London and the people who live there-aristocrats, brothel owners, thieves, Dickensian ruffians, and their evil keepers. She takes us through dangerous backstreets where the poor eke out their humble livings, and into the mansions of the rich, safe and secure in their privileged lives. Or so they believe. William Monk knows London's streets like the back of his hand; after all, they are where he earns his living. But the river Thames and its teeming docks-where towering schooners and clipper ships unload their fabulous cargoes and wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades-is unknown territory. Only dire need persuades him to accept an assignment from shipping magnate Clement Louvain to investigate the theft of a cargo of African ivory from Louvain's recently docked schooner, the Maude Idris. Monk is desperate for work, not only to feed himself and his wife, Hester, but to keep open the doors of Hester's clinic, a last resort for sick and starving street women. But he wonders: Why didn't Louvain report the ivory theft directly to the River Police? Why did he warn Monk not to investigate the murder of one of the Maude Idris crew? Even more mysterious, why has Louvain brought to Hester's clinic a desperately ill woman who he claims is the discarded mistress of an old friend? Neither Hester nor Monk anticipates the nightmare answers to these questions, nor the trap that soon so fatefully ensnares them. In this magnificent novel, Anne Perry holds the reader spellbound, as Monk and Hester struggle to save themselves and their world from a catastrophe whose dimensions they can scarcely measure."@en

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  • "Historische Kriminalromane"
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories, English"@en
  • "Historical fiction, English"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Online-Publikation"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "History"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"
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  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en

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  • "Meurtres sur les docks : inédit"
  • "Marea incierta"
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  • "The Shifting Tide #14"
  • "Schwarze Themse : Roman"
  • "The shifting tide : a novel"
  • "The shifting tide : a novel"@en
  • "Schwarze Themse"
  • "The Shifting Tide"@en
  • "Meurtres sur les docks"
  • "Schwarze Themse Roman"
  • "The shifting tide : a William Monk novel"@en
  • "Shifting tide"@en
  • "The shifting tide : [a William Monk mystery] : [the master storyteller of Victorian society]"
  • "Schwarze Themse 14. Fall für Inspector Monk - Historischer Kriminalroman"
  • "Schwarze Themse 14. Fall für Inspector Monk ; Historischer Kriminalroman"
  • "The shifting tide"
  • "The shifting tide"@en
  • "The shifting tide: Book 14"@en

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