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"Set in Victorian England during a freezing winter, Inspector William Monk is back working for The Thames River Police after some previous mishaps with his former employers, The Metropolitan Police. It is his misfortune to watch the suicide of two people as they plunge into the icy water from a bridge over the river Thames. But was it suicide, was it an accident or was it murder? Identifying the girl's body, it soon becomes clear that Mary's father, too, had committed suicide only a short while ago. Inspector Monk is troubled that two members of the same family should die in this way and when it further comes to light that the father worked for the company whose main directors are also related to both Mary and her sister, the plot, as they say, thickens. The body of the other victim in the Thames is one of these directors and Mary's fiance.
The company they worked for is currently building a new sewer system in the old and dangerous London underground, where hundreds of half-starved neer-do-wells eke out a precarious living. The pressure on the company to complete the excavation of tunnels is massive and soon Monk realises that the charming facade at company level is beginning to reveal a dark and ugly underbelly. The huge machines employed to dig out the tunnels may be dangerous and likely to bring down the collapse of the London waterway system.
Could this be a reason for keeping dissenters quiet since Monk begins to discover that Mary's father was murdered whilst voicing his concerns over this safety aspect and Mary had taken up the battle to continue searching. Was she, too, murdered in another cover-up attempt?
Monk brings in his enthusiastic and energetic wife to assist and with the help of one or two characters from the dark underground tunnels, they find themselves in deep danger as the killer intends that his secret will remain just that.
Monk has an investigative way that brings about the conclusion but the mystery is not revealed until almost the last pages and he certainly needed all the help he could muster as they close in on the real murderer.
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michael watson, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
descript. of violence and chases - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 20%
Tone of story
- depressing/sad
How difficult to spot villain?
- Somewhat obvious
Time/era of story:
- 19th century
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Special suspect?
- relative
Misc. Murder Plotlets
- Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator
- police procedural, British
Kid or adult book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller
Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown)
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much violence does he/she use?
- a little
Ethnicity/Race
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
Motive of antagonist
- jealousy
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Part of a series?
Yes
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
How many deaths?
- hundreds or more
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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