The murder of a railway magnate in the part of London where prostitution is the main business begins private inquiry agent, William Monk, journey to resolving the mystery of his forgotten background. Anne Perry's ability to bring Victorian times to life excels in the description of the area where the murder takes place.

Anne Perry has included four mysteries running side by side in this one volume. They are the murder of the railway magnate, the story of how woman desperate for money borrow it from mysterious moneylenders only to be forced into selling their bodies in repayment, and the true story of the young women who hires Monk to investigate a railroad scandal. The most important mystery and one that Anne Perry readers have been waiting for is the revealing of the past that Monk has forgotten and yet has plagued him through of all of his novels.

If you are an Anne Perry fan this is a long awaited book. If you are a mystery lover than you get four plots in one volume. In everyway this book is definitely a four thistle read.

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