Dark Assasin

William Monk faces special challenges in bestseller Perry's absorbing 15th novel to feature the Victorian policeman, as he must convince skeptical fellow officers of his competence to lead the corruption-ridden Thames River Police during a rampant crime wave. In a fogbound setting evocative of Conan Doyle, newly appointed Superintendent Monk and his river patrol watch helplessly as two young lovers plunge to their deaths from a bridge...