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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
A mystery about child pornography in Victorian England. I enjoyed the book, but not the subject.
Another Inspector Monk and Hester story. This time a little sucier because the protagonist is selling pornographic pictures of young boys. Everything comes out all right in the end.
Twistier than usual, Execution Dock, explores the meaning of friendship and loyalty as the main characters (William Monk, Oliver Rathbone, Hester, Margaret, and Orme) work on a long-running case that seems to always slip away at the last minute.
This is one of the best Monk books in years. The story was exciting and the characters were well developed. Looking forward to see where Perry will take her characters next.
Great read. Anne Perry is one of my favorite authors and this book is typical of her writing. I find her writing vivid, detailed and the pace varies with the events as they unfold. Her writing reminds me a little of Dickens (maybe it's because of the settings. I reach a point in her books where I don't want to put it down till I've finished.
The 16th book in the William Monk series is set up slightly different than the previous books which usually have a crime followed by a trial. Here we start with the trial followed by the investigation.
I really like some of the newer characters that have been introduced into the series: Sutton, Scruff, Claudine, and Squeaky. They add a lot of color and authenticity to Monk's world. I also like the setting of the Thames and the River Police. They provide a new and interesting aspect to Victorian London.
I especially liked the story arc for Sir Oliver Rathbone and I was happy to see how it ended. I'm curious to see how Margaret deals with the revelations in the next books. She did not fare so well in this book.
As always, Monk and Hester are the heroes, but they had a lot of others to share their fame with. Jericho Phillips was an evil and disgusting villain. It was a book that kept me on the edge of my seat and I can't wait for the next one.
I really like some of the newer characters that have been introduced into the series: Sutton, Scruff, Claudine, and Squeaky. They add a lot of color and authenticity to Monk's world. I also like the setting of the Thames and the River Police. They provide a new and interesting aspect to Victorian London.
I especially liked the story arc for Sir Oliver Rathbone and I was happy to see how it ended. I'm curious to see how Margaret deals with the revelations in the next books. She did not fare so well in this book.
As always, Monk and Hester are the heroes, but they had a lot of others to share their fame with. Jericho Phillips was an evil and disgusting villain. It was a book that kept me on the edge of my seat and I can't wait for the next one.
The end felt a bit rushed but all in all another enjoyable mystery with Monk.
I've waited a few years now for another entry in this series and when I learned that this one was coming out this spring, I pounced on it. It is a worthy successor to all the previous entries.
This one starts a bit differently. Monk is chasing a thoroughly despicable character, one who uses and abuses small boys for the entertainment of his clientele, the stodgy, upright Victorian "gentlemen" that Perry portrays so vividly. Monk catches his prey in the first chapter and he and his beloved Hester rejoice. All seems well, but soon a fly finds its way into their ointment.
Their friend and frequent ally in the fight against injustice, attorney Oliver Rathbone, is called upon to defend the dastardly prisoner. He accepts the challenge and defends the man with all of his skill, in the process casting aspersions on Monk and Hester and ripping the fabric of their friendship. The man is acquitted and Monk and Hester are devastated.
The rest of the book is taken up with the pair's attempts, along with help from their friends and supporters, to redress this injusttice. One of the characters who plays a pivotal role here is the young boy, Scuff, who has helped Monk before. Now the childless Monks take this street child into their home for his protection and it would seem that he will take his place among other recurring characters in this Victorian series.
Perry paints the streets and alleyways, great homes and flophouses of Victorian England so vividly that one feels one is there. She has a particular empathy for the horrors suffered by women and children in that closed society and she explores those issues in this as well as all the books of this series and the Pitt series as well.
The reader can always be assured that there will be justice at the end of one of these Monk adventures and so there is. In the end, even Rathbone is back on the side of the angels, and all is well once again. Until the next book.
This one starts a bit differently. Monk is chasing a thoroughly despicable character, one who uses and abuses small boys for the entertainment of his clientele, the stodgy, upright Victorian "gentlemen" that Perry portrays so vividly. Monk catches his prey in the first chapter and he and his beloved Hester rejoice. All seems well, but soon a fly finds its way into their ointment.
Their friend and frequent ally in the fight against injustice, attorney Oliver Rathbone, is called upon to defend the dastardly prisoner. He accepts the challenge and defends the man with all of his skill, in the process casting aspersions on Monk and Hester and ripping the fabric of their friendship. The man is acquitted and Monk and Hester are devastated.
The rest of the book is taken up with the pair's attempts, along with help from their friends and supporters, to redress this injusttice. One of the characters who plays a pivotal role here is the young boy, Scuff, who has helped Monk before. Now the childless Monks take this street child into their home for his protection and it would seem that he will take his place among other recurring characters in this Victorian series.
Perry paints the streets and alleyways, great homes and flophouses of Victorian England so vividly that one feels one is there. She has a particular empathy for the horrors suffered by women and children in that closed society and she explores those issues in this as well as all the books of this series and the Pitt series as well.
The reader can always be assured that there will be justice at the end of one of these Monk adventures and so there is. In the end, even Rathbone is back on the side of the angels, and all is well once again. Until the next book.
A good book typical of Anne Perry. The subject matter was a little surprising because its so rare to see it in a book.