| Execution Dock Contributor(s): Perry, Anne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345469348 ISBN-13: 9780345469342 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Historical - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: William Monk Novels |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain's merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig is found with his throat cut, Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. Monk's wife, Hester, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husband's cause--a canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. To one as criminally minded as Phillips, these folks are mere mosquitoes, to be sure. But as he will soon discover, some mosquitoes can have a deadly sting. |