"In the course of his tenure with the Thames River Police, Commander Monk has yet to see a more gruesome crime scene: a Hungarian warehouse owner lies brutally murdered in his office, surrounded by seventeen candles. As similar murders crop up, Monk suspects ethnic prejudice as a motive and turns to London's Hungarian community in search of clues. But he finds his inquiries stymied by a language he doesn't speak and a population with growing mistrust of the police. With the help of his wife, Hester -- a former battlefield nurse, whose old colleague may be tangled up in the murders --- Monk must race time and terror to find the mysterious killer."--
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ISBN:9780425285039 (trade pbk. 2018)
Physical Description:301 pages ; 21 cm regular print print
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