Dark Assassin By David Colacci. Audio Book

Dark Assassin

Written By : Anne Perry

David Colacci

Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc

Length : 12 hours

Type : Detective
Detective
Crime
Thrillers
Horror & Suspense

Price : $24.95

Buy Now!

A superintendent in the Thames River Police, William Monk is on a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge when he and his men notice a young couple standing at the bridge railing, apparently engaged in an intense discussion. The woman waves her arms and places her hands on the man’s shoulders. A caress or a push? He grasps hold of her. To save her or to kill her? Seconds later, the pair plunges to death in the icy waters. Monk can’t help but wonder, has he witnessed an accident, a suicide, or a murder? It seems impossible to determine the truth but, haunted by the woman’s somber beauty, he is impelled to try. Mary Havilland is her name and until recently she and Toby Argyll, the fair-haired man who shared her fate, had planned to marry. Her father, an engineer employed by the Argyll Company, has also recently died - a suicide according to the police and Mary’s sister. But friends tell Monk that Mary suspected her father had been murdered because of his stubborn insistence that the Argyll Company’s current project - participation in the construction of a splendid new sewer system for the metropolis - is so badly flawed that the entire city may be in dire peril from flood and fire. Already struggling to win the respect of his men, Monk is faced with two urgent mysteries. With his intrepid wife, Hester, he is soon treading a slippery path - from luxurious drawing rooms where powerful men hatch their unscrupulous plots to a world beneath the city where poor folk fight starvation. In nightmarish tunnels, Monk and Hester find true friends, among them Scuff, a young mudlark; Sutton, the ratcatcher, and Snoot, Sutton’s clever terrier. For once, even Monk’s old enemy, Superintendent Runcorn, is on his side. But as rainfall strains the fragile manmade underground, a murderer remains free - and poised to strike again.

Other titles you may be interested in

Sherlock Holmes: His Last Bow Written By : Sir Arthur Conan Doyle David Ian Davies Published By : One Voice Recordings Length : 31 minutes Type : Detective Detective Price : $5.00 A meeting between German operatives during World War One threatens England's freedom. See full description...

Choke Written By : Stuart Woods Jay O Sanders Published By : Harper Collins US Length : 3 hours 20 minutes Type : Detective Detective Crime Thrillers Price : $14.95 Chuck Chandler has choked on more than one occasion - first as a pro tennis player at Wimbledon, then as a womanizing coach at posh tennis clubs around the country. Now at Key Westís Old Racquet... See full description...

Forty Words for Sorrow Written By : Giles Blunt James Daniels Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Length : 10 hours 7 minutes Type : Detective Police Procedural Crime Detective Thrillers Price : $24.95 When the badly decomposed body of thirteen-year-old Katie Pine is found in an abandoned mine shaft, John Cardinal is vindicated. It was Cardinal who'd kept the Pine case open - insisting she was no... See full description...

Murders in the Rue Morgue, The: The Dupin Stories Written By : Edgar Allan Poe Kerry Shale Published By : NAXOS Length : 4 hours 10 minutes Type : Classics Short Stories Detective Detective Price : $18.49 Three famous Dupin stories, which provided Poe with the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes. See full description...