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Execution dock : a novel / Anne Perry.

by Perry, Anne.

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Thorndike Press, c2009.

Sex-oriented businesses -- Fiction.

Pimps -- Fiction.

Child prostitutes -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Police -- England -- Fiction.

Docklands (London, England) -- Fiction.

London (England) -- Fiction

Perry, Anne. William Monk mysteries ; 16.

Large print ed.

550 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.

"Gale Cengage Learning".

"In Execution Dock, we find ourselves on the bustling docks along the River Thames. Here the empire’s great merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips. On his floating brothel, sex slaves are forced to endure unspeakable acts. Now one such soul, thirteen-year-old Fig, is found with his throat cut, his tortured body tossed into the river. Commander William Monk of the River Police swears that Phillips will hang for this abomination. But the miscreant is as wily as he is monstrous, and his wealthy clients seem far beyond the reach of the law. Monk’s attempt to bring about justice becomes the first electrifying episode in a nightmare that will test his courage and integrity. However, reinforcements are on the way. Monk’s wife, Hester, who runs a free clinic for abused women, draws a highly unusual guerrilla force to her husband’s cause–a canny ratcatcher, a retired brothel keeper, a fearless street urchin, and a rebellious society lady. To one as criminally minded as Phillips, these folks are mere mosquitoes, to be sure. But as he will soon discover, some mosquitoes can have a deadly sting."--Publisher.

Historical mystery fiction.

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