The Internet Book Database of Fiction

#	Date	Publisher	Binding	Cover
1	2006-03-28	Ballantine Books

Blurb:: For countless readers, one of life"s great pleasures is the mesmerizing magic of a Victorian mystery by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Her dramas of good and evil unfolding inside London"s lavish mansions and teeming slums hold us spellbound. Now, in Dark Assassin, she sweeps us into a darkly compelling world that we never dreamed existed. A Thames River Police superintendent struggling to win the respect of his men, William Monk is on a patrol boat near Waterloo Bridge when he notices 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? The man grasps hold of her. To save her or to kill her? Seconds later, the pair plunge to their death in the icy waters. Monk can"t help but wonder, was it 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 was her name, and she had planned to marry Toby Argyll, the fair haired man who shared her fate. Mary"s father, an engineer employed by the Argyll Company, had recently died