Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel
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Anne Perry. (2001). Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel. Random House Publishing Group.

Anne Perry. 2001. Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel. Random House Publishing Group.

Anne Perry, Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2001.

Anne Perry. Funeral in Blue: A William Monk Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2001.

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   • bioText: Anne Perry was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She was also the author of a series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel, as well as the Elena Standish series; a series of five World War I novels; twenty-one holiday novels; and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire. Anne Perry died in 2023.
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BONUS: This edition contains excerpts from Anne Perry's Treason at Lisson Grove and Execution Dock.
Two beautiful women have been found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. To investigator William Monk and his wife, Hester, the murders are a nightmare. One of the victims is the wife of Hester’s cherished colleague, surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese émigré who becomes the prime suspect. With an intensity born of desperation, the Monks seek evidence that will save Dr. Beck from the hangman. From London’s sinister slums to the crowded coffeehouses of Vienna, where embers of the revolution still burn in the hearts of freedom-loving men and women, Hester and Monk seek to penetrate not only the mystery of Elissa Beck’s death but the riddle of her life.

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   • source: The Wall Street Journal
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     "Intelligently written and historically fascinating."

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   • source: Chicago Sun Times
   • content: "[Perry is] the most adroit sleight-of-hand practitioner since Agatha Christie."
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   • source: San Diego Union-Tribune
   • content: "You can count on a Perry tale to be superior."
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   • source: San Francisco Chronicle
   • content: "Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood."
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   • source: The New York Times Book Review
   • content: "Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens's eyes pop."
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   • source: The Baltimore Sun
   • content: "[A] master of crime fiction who rarely fails to deliver a strong story and a colorful cast of characters."
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     September 17, 2001
     From the enormously popular and hard-working Perry comes her 11th Victorian mystery featuring Hester and William Monk, to the certain delight of her faithful admirers. In the studio of a London artist, two women have been murdered, one of them the wife of Dr. Kristian Beck, a physician from Vienna with whom Hester's dear friend, Lady Callandra, is secretly in love. When Beck is charged with the murder, Callandra enlists the aid of Hester and William. Neither of the Monks fits tidily into polite society. William, a former policeman now working as a private enquiry agent, has no memory of his life before a serious injury five years ago; it may partly explain his cantankerous personality. Hester, a nurse who served under Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War, is outspoken, courageous, passionate, independent and stubborn—not exactly your typical subservient Victorian gentlewoman. Indeed, a common theme for Perry is spotlighting the social ills of 19th-century England, particularly the treatment accorded to women. Here she layers a new evil into the plot: anti-Semitism, widely accepted then and a haunting precursor of ugliness to come. The author excels at re-creating the ambience of 1860s London streets, but stumbles in plot cohesion, succumbing at the last moment to out-of-left-field syndrome. Throughout, the key characters engage in a great deal of inner reflection made ponderous by wordiness and repetition. No doubt Perry's myriad fans won't care a whit. (Oct. 2)Forecast: The sample chapter included in the mass market edition of
     Slaves of Obsession, featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt from Perry's other Victorian series, will help fuel this novel's surefire sales.

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     March 1, 2002
     Adult/High School-William Monk and his wife Hester become involved in a murder investigation when their friend Lady Callandra Daviot asks them to help prove the innocence of her distinguished colleague, whose wife was one of the victims. The action moves from London to Vienna and deals with such issues as anti-Semitism and religious and intellectual freedom. The details of Victorian London are essential to the atmosphere of the book and help advance the story as the two search for the killer. Perry is so masterful at setting the scene that readers can picture the fog rolling in along the river, smell the stench that rises from the gutters, and hear the hooves of the horses as they plod along the cobblestone streets. A secondary plot concerns the inner turmoil that Monk experiences as he joins forces with Runcorn, commander of the Totem Court Road police station and an old adversary. When Monk travels to Vienna to interview people who knew Kristian Beck and his wife, he finds treachery, deceit, and long-buried family secrets. Will the devastating information that Monk uncovers be enough to save Beck's life? This is the issue that heightens the suspense throughout his murder trial. Teens who enjoy Victorian murder mysteries with lots of atmosphere will have no problem delving into this one.-Patricia White-Williams, Kings Park Library, Fairfax County, VA

     Copyright 2002 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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     October 1, 2001
     In her latest William Monk novel after Slaves of Obsession, Perry presents another gripping Victorian spellbinder. The strangulation murders of Elissa Beck, the wife of prominent Viennese surgeon Kristian Beck, and Sarah Mackeson, an artist's model found together in a well-known painter's empty studio lead to a series of bizarre discoveries. The prime suspect is Kristian. Investigator William Monk and his wife, Hester, probe the crime out of duty and friendship toward both Kristian and Lady Callandra Daviot, who works at the hospital and hides a love for the surgeon. Callandra dispatches Monk to investigate Kristian, his wife, and their friend Max Niemann, all during the Vienna uprising of 1848. When Kristian comes to trial, his father-in-law, the distinguished Fuller Pendreigh, volunteers to defend him; the final courtroom scenes bring all the characters together. Perry's deep, sympathetic characterizations help cement the complex plot, as she explores Victorian class distinctions, hypocrisy, duty, and morality. Highly recommended for all mystery collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/01.] Michelle Foyt, Russell Lib., Middletown, CT

     Copyright 2001 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      August 1, 2001
      William Monk is an intriguing character in Perry's pantheon: a Victorian private investigator who has no memory of his life before an accident that took place some six years ago. The nature of truth, or lies, or memory is at the heart of Perry's writing, and she never permits the answers to be simple. Monk's wife, Hester, serves as a volunteer nurse with Dr. Kristian Beck, an intense Viennese emigre. Beck's wife, Elissa, is English, but the two met during the 1848 revolution in Austria when both were freedom fighters. When Elissa and another woman are found murdered in the studio of an artist who was painting both of them (the book's title refers to a painting of Elissa), suspicion falls heavily on the doctor. Monk travels to Vienna in hopes of unraveling some of the women's past and tracking the real murderer. The addiction of gambling as well as the addiction to danger, the pervasive hatred of Jews, the intricacies of class and dress in England and Austria in the mid-nineteenth century--all these themes are spun tightly within a plot that doesn't spring quite open until the very end.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2001, American Library Association.)

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      Starred review from November 5, 2001
      Audio Reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version. FICTION FUNERAL IN BLUE Anne Perry, read by David Colacci. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, eight cassettes, 11 hours, $34.95 ISBN 1-58788-739-8 The uncut audio version of Perry's latest book about the enigmatic, rough-edged private detective William Monk and his wife, Hester—the no-nonsense nurse who learned her trade with Florence Nightingale in Crimea—is a veritable time machine. Aided by Colacci's cool but carefully calibrated reading, which cleverly cranks up the excitement when necessary, Perry's tale transports readers to Victorian London along with a splendid side trip to Vienna, as the Monks try to clear a doctor friend of two murder charges. Along the way, Perry gets to show off again her seamless talent for illustrating the era's social evils—this time addictive gambling and barely hidden anti-Semitism—without making her obviously prodigious research seem lumpy or excessive. There's more about period medical practices here than some listeners might have the stomach for, as Hester and Dr. Kristian Beck (the man accused of killing his wife and an artist's model) perform some very bloody surgery, but it certainly roots the story in reality. So do Perry's writing and Colacci's sly reading about women's fashions and what they had to say about the social roles of the people forced to wear them. This is a perfect example of an audiobook that deftly captures a book's spirit. Simultaneous release with the Ballantine hardcover.

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