A Sunless Sea

A William Monk Novel, Book 18

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Ralph Lister

Anne Perry’s spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled audiences for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk “a marvelously dark, brooding creation”—and, true to form, this masterpiece is as deceptively deep and twisty as the Thames.

As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim’s name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little—only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but—described as quiet and kempt—she doesn’t appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monk’s investigation?

While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to London’s fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth—and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang.

Anne Perry has never worn her literary colors with greater distinction than in A Sunless Sea, a heart-pounding novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life.

“Anne Perry’s Victorian mysteries are marvels.”—New York Times Book Review

©2012 Anne Perry (P)2024 Recorded Books

a twisty story

what i hate is having to have to use fifteen words. I am not reviewing another another book unless I can use as few words as I choose.

Loved the plot twists

This was an excellent puzzling mystery. Not only did I fail to solve it I honestly had absolutely no clue until the end “reveal “. I love.Anne Perry. Her books all give you a satisfying intellectual challenge against a background.of romantic domestic life and often children rescued or charished. And I love not having to hide them from anyone but because of the language or raw details. Anyone old enough to read them is old enough to read them.