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Name: Acceptable Loss
Author: Anne Perry
Year: 2011
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Popularity: 1.6
Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction, Crime, Thriller

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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.
This book is part of the "William Monk" series.
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Execution Dock
First published 2009
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The Face of a Stranger
First published 1990
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Cain His Brother
First published 1995
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A Dangerous Mourning
First published 1991
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Dark Assassin
First published 2005
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Defend and Betray
First published 1992
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Death of a Stranger
First published 2002
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, Pop Rating:1.6/10
A Breach of Promise
First published 1998
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, Pop Rating:1.8/10
Revenge in a Cold River
First published 2016
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, Pop Rating:1.5/10
A Sunless Sea
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, Pop Rating:1.7/10
Funeral in Blue
First published 2001
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A Sudden, Fearful Death
First published 1993
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