- Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Robert Beard Books; Reprint edition (Sep 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0804117934
- ISBN-13: 978-0804117937
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2.3 x 17.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,412,095 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Deep in London's dangerous slums, Victorians transacted their most secret and shameful business. For a price, a man could procure whatever he wanted, but it happened now and then that the price he paid was his life.
Now, in sunless Water Lane, respected solicitor Leighton Duff lies dead, kicked and beaten to death. Beside him lies the barely living body of his son, Rhys. The police cannot fathom these brutal assaults until shrewd investigator William Monk uncovers a connection between them and a series of rapes and beatings of local prostitutes. Then, shockingly, it begins to appear that young Rhys may have killed his own father. . . .
Now, in sunless Water Lane, respected solicitor Leighton Duff lies dead, kicked and beaten to death. Beside him lies the barely living body of his son, Rhys. The police cannot fathom these brutal assaults until shrewd investigator William Monk uncovers a connection between them and a series of rapes and beatings of local prostitutes. Then, shockingly, it begins to appear that young Rhys may have killed his own father. . . .
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
How can horror can silence you,
By Maria José de la Fuente (Lisbon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Silent Cry (Inspector William Monk Mystery) (Paperback)
Once again in Victorian England with William Monk, Hester Latterly and Oliver Rathbone and never too much. The prudish and apparently moral bound victorian society hides many devious aspects, among them prostitution. Hipocrisy is the key word and crime could and should be overlooked according to some. Not for Monk and Hester who will find the awful truth beneath the strict rules and the paramount virtue of pretending not to see, not to hear and not to speak. The Silent Cry is all the more powerful because of that.However, I would like to know how is it possible that Dr. Riley could not find the truth before Hester does at the end of the book. That does not make much sense. It seems the only flaw in an otherwise extraordinary book where you will be shaken out of your silence.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Book,
This review is from: The Silent Cry (Inspector William Monk Mystery) (Paperback)
The William Monk series is generally really entertaining and this was no exception. It was challenging right to the end and a thoroughly good read
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4.1 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews) 16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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A great, great mystery.,
By Sharon Wylie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Silent Cry (William Monk Novels) (Mass Market Paperback)
I read a LOT of mysteries, and the outcome of this one left me stunned. When you read a mystery, you hope to be surprised by the resolution, and this one rates with the best of Agatha Christie.If you've never read Anne Perry, this one showcases all that she's capable of. 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Best of the Monk series,
By Susan M. Hagadorn - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Silent Cry (Hardcover)
The Silent Cry is the best so far in Perry's Monk series. The mystery is genuinely mysterious, the period color superb, the characters well-developed and fully realized. The nurse Hester Latterly, Monk himself, and the other returning characters are as engaging and realistic as ever, and Perry's dialogue, as always, sounds like real Victorian people having real Victorian conversations. The book is slightly flawed by some minor incononsistencies in the plot, mostly having to do with the injuries to Rhys Duff, but these are not very troubling. The picture Perry paints of Victorian London and the social issues and manners of the time would make the book worth reading even if it weren't an outstanding mystery.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Believable, compelling and enthralling.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Silent Cry (Hardcover)
Anne Perry is one of my favorite authors and this is one of her best books. By now, I am more than ready for her hero, Inspector William Monk, to make his mind up about his feelings for Hester Latterly, an independent, non-conformist, and highly likeable nurse who challenges all of Monk's ideas of what (or whom) constitutes the "perfect" woman. Ms. Perry weaves this problem (for Monk anyway) throughout the story and finally provides us hopeless (hopeful?) romantics with a few sops of encouragement. All of the supporting characters are finely and wonderfully drawn (likeable or not) and the attention to detail of the historical period is unmatched. Well worth anyone's time.
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