Funeral In Blue

Tragedy has come to a friend of Hester Monk and Callandra Daviot.  Dr. Kristian Beck’s wife has been murdered along with artist’s model Sarah Mackeson.  When Dr. Beck is arrested for the murders, Monk steps in to find out who really killed the women.  Travel with Monk through the streets of Victorian England as well as Vienna, Austria as he searches for Elissa’s murderer. Glimpse the world of compulsive gambling and understand the uprisings in Europe against oppression.

Anne Perry

I have now completed 10 books in my effort to re-read all the Anne Perry "Inspector Monk" books.  The one I finished last night is The Silent Cry.   Hester is nursing a young man, Rhys Duff, who was badly beaten in the slums of London.  Rhys can no longer speak and his father was murdered in that same beating event.  What is going on here?  Why are these gentlemen hanging around the slums and who is responsible for the random beatings and rapes of women in these areas?  Will street justice be meted out, or will Monk find enough information to bring a case to court?  Did Rhys murder his own father?  What is the secret that is keeping Rhys from talking?

The Twisted Root

I just finished listening to The Twisted Root by Anne Perry.  It is another in the series of Detective William Monk mysteries.  Two women are accused of conspiracy and murder in the deaths of a coachman and the mother of the fiancé of one of the women.   Was the older woman being blackmailed for the theft of medicines from the hospital?  Was the younger one also being blackmailed?  What was the truth about the younger woman's mysterious past?  What happened to her baby and who was the father? 

This book has a wicked and unexpected twist to the tale.

I Love to Read

In case you hadn't noticed, I love to read. I just finished Weighed in the Balance by Anne Perry and Silencer by James W. Hall. The Anne Perry is another book in the Inspector Monk series of detective fiction. I still have quite a few to go before I re-read or listen to them all.

Silencer is a book in a series about a guy named Thorn. I used to read these and saw the new one and figured it was time to read another one. Now I am not so sure. It was much grittier than the reading I currently do. I was almost afraid of having nightmares because the bad guys were so evil.

Reading and Writing

I finished all my homework for next Wednesday - the paper is written and everything. Now I am free to go back to reading for pleasure. I have a mountain of books from the library and only can renew a couple of them, so it's speed reading or give up.

I finished listening to A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry. I am reading her book Weighed in the Balance.

Reading update

I am trying to re-read all of the Inspector Monk books by Anne Perry - or listen to the books if I can easily get the tapes. I just finished reading Cain His Brother and am listening to A Breach of Promise.

I am also re-reading all of the Jonathan Gash books since it has been so long since I read any of his. I just finished The Judas Pair.

Finally, I just finished Retail Hell by Freeman Hall.

Last night I started on Acedia and Me by Kathleen Norris.

It amazes me how much reading I can get done when I am home sick!

See the reading list on the right side of the page.