The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Novels)
 

The Face of a Stranger (William Monk Novels (Paperback))

by Anne Perry

"Richly textured with the sights and sounds of London and its countryside...Solidly absorbing and Perry's best to date."
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His name, they tell him, is William Monk, and he is a London police detecive. But the accident that felled him has left him with only half a life; his memory and his entire past have vanished. As he tries to hide the truth, Monk returns to work and... (read more)

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This has one of the best premises for a mystery that I've come across, a man wakes up in a hospital in Victorian England and gradually discovers who he is, not because he himself remembers, but because of the reactions of other people. Her characters are detailed and nuanced and wonderfully flawed.

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