Death of a stranger / Anne Perry.
For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic is a lifeline, especially welcome since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Meanwhile, brilliant P.I. William Monk acquires a new client, a mysterious beauty who asks him to ascertain whether her fiancé, an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm, has become enmeshed in fraudulent practices that could ruin him. As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is brutally abusing her patients, Monk journeys into the English countryside, where the sight of tracks stretching into the distance revives memories once stripped from his consciousness by amnesia--as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerily paralleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding.
Record details
- ISBN: 0345440056
- ISBN: 9780345440051
- ISBN: 9780345514165
- ISBN: 0345514165
- ISBN: 0345440064
- ISBN: 9780345440068
- ISBN: 0786249390
- Physical Description: 337 pages ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2002]
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F PER (Text) | 34621200075862 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Perry (Text) | 101091000645378 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F PERRY (Text) | 39493105031472 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F PERRY (Text) | 30664100102752 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F PER (Text) | 50503010610170 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | MFIC PER (Text) | 31111002365516 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344100966207 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F PER (Text) | 39488200555185 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F PER (Text) | 34208200613585 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | FIC PER (Text) | 30441100211978 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic is a lifeline, especially welcome since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Meanwhile, brilliant P.I. William Monk acquires a new client, a mysterious beauty who asks him to ascertain whether her fiancé, an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm, has become enmeshed in fraudulent practices that could ruin him. As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is brutally abusing her patients, Monk journeys into the English countryside, where the sight of tracks stretching into the distance revives memories once stripped from his consciousness by amnesia--as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerily paralleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding.
