Acceptable Loss
Written by Anne Perry
Narrated by Ralph Lister
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On a London riverbank, when the body of small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up with the tide, no one grieves. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the murder weapon: an elegant scarf whose original owner was obviously a man of substance. Dockside informers lead Monk to a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a band of half-starved boys is held captive for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Though Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would gladly reward Parfitt's killer, duty leads them in another direction-to an unresolved crime, to a deadly confrontation with some of the empire's most respected men, and ultimately to a courtroom showdown with Monk's old friend, Oliver Rathbone, in a trial of nearly unbearable tension and suspense.
Anne Perry
Anne Perry (1938–2023) was a bestselling author of historical detective fiction, most notably the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series and the William Monk series, both set in Victorian England. Her first book, The Cater Street Hangman (1979), launched both the Pitt series and her career as a premier writer of Victorian mysteries. Other novels in the series include Resurrection Row, Death in the Devil’s Acre, and Silence in Hanover Close, as well as more than twenty others. The William Monk series of novels, featuring a Victorian police officer turned private investigator, includes Funeral in Blue, The Twisted Root, and The Silent Cry. In addition to these series, Perry also authored the World War I novels No Graves as Yet, Shoulder the Sky, Angels in the Gloom, and others, as well as several collections of short stories. Perry’s novels have appeared on bestseller lists around the world and have sold more than twenty-five million books in print worldwide.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My first Anne Perry novel. Complex crime plot in Victorian England. The main characters are honest and ethical.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5In the 17th book of the William Monk series, Monk is still following up on the child pornography rings along the Thames (a continuation of the previous book). He finds another boat but the purveyor of the ring is floating nearby, strangled with a silk cravat. Monk is sure this is a lead to the man behind these crimes who is blackmailing the men who partake of such deviancies. Let me just get this out of the way: while I love this series, in some of the books (and this is one), there are arrests that seem to happen too quickly without all the evidence being gathered. Maybe it's a plot device or maybe this was the behavior in Victorian England, but especially if you are arresting a prominent person, I'd think you need to have your ducks in a row, so to speak. Maybe I'm stuck in modern police culture but just because someone owns the murder weapon doesn't mean they did the murder. More evidence should be needed to back it up, in my opinion anyway.Anyway, the writing is excellent, as always, and the growing relationship between Hester, Monk, and Scruff is heartwarming. I feel bad for Oliver, but Margaret has all the earmarks of the 'bored, rich society lady' that she assigns to Claudine unjustly. Another fine entry in this series.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Male narrators are just not suitable this authoress’s tones, and are dull and boring
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent book great characters very good story line and a very fine narrator.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Monk is dealing with a case involving raping and otherwise abusing little boys again. This time it's a pimp who got murdered. The reason turned out to be quite interesting, as did the killer. One of the secondary characters made remarks in chapters 3, 5, and 12 that turned out to be very ironic. I would have liked to have had them thrown back in that character's face, but that wouldn't have been a kind thing to do to someone in so much distress.This is definitely one of the best entries in this series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River Police are contacted when a body is found. When identified as Mickey Parfitt, a local pimp of young boys, Monk sees it as a chance to shut down the local child pornography trade. After rescuing 14 young boys from Parfitt's boat, Monk determines that he needs to find the man in charge of the illegal trade. Following all the clues and the information that he can gather, Monk conduct tests which prove that it's possible for that Arthur Ballinger could have comitted the murder.When Ballinger is arrested, his son-in-law, Sir Oliver Rathbone prepares to defend him, but Oliver develops his own misgivings as to Ballinger's innocence.The effects of the outcome of the trial on friendships and other relationship of the main characters will most likely continue for sometime.Time for the next book will be soon!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5This was a 12 hr. audiobook I 'read' on a drive and it was interesting enough to keep me alert and engaged. Not the best mystery I've ever read, but I have not yet read Perrys Monk series at all and can now try it. It was interesting, but without some of the background on Monk, assumed a bit much.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was difficult for me to decide between four and five stars for this book. I went with five as it is one of the "grittier" stories in The Monk series that I have read. In addition, the emotionally charged nature of the story doesn't really allow the reader to be blasé regarding the outcome of the case.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excellent! No one does a courtroom scene like Anne Perry--she is awesome.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Yet, another excellent book in a really good series. Strong characters continue to evolve in response to difficult challenges to their ethos, relationships and and sense of duty.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I really love this series and I was really, really exceited when I found this book was out. The beginning of the book was amazing. Could it be that Anne Perry has learned some new tricks? The first chapters were like it was a new author. Not so much of the chit chat dialogue that her books were usually full of. An adult topic written with a bite. Great. But soemthing happened towards the end. Back to the same old stuff. I still enjoyed the book, but I would have much preferred the bite and less dialogue to move the ending along.Overall still a wonderfull book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is the next installment in the William and Hester Monk series. Monk, an officer of the Thames River Police is called to investigate the death of a lowlife criminal Mickey Parfitt found with an expensive and distinctive knotted cravat around his neck. This leads Monk into investigating wealthy society men who visit Parfitt’s boat for the sex trade that he runs. The snobbery of the privileged class and the distain that they have for police and the less fortunate is very apparent in Monk and Hester’s investigation into what actually happened. As the case evolves, friendships and families are destroyed as love and honor is questioned. Don't understand the title since there is no Acceptable Loss.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This new addition to the William and Hester Monk series is a winner. It continues from where "Execution Dock" left off with Monk in pursuit of the man behind the river boat sex scandal that Monk and Hester worked on in Execution Dock. In that book their old friend "Oliver Rathbone" succeeded in defeating and humiliating them in court. Monk wants to be sure that he has all the necessary evidence this time in order to convict the killer/blackmailer. Ms. Perry does an admirable job of pointing out social injustices from this her Victorian era. The William Monk books are darker than the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series and we always get an insiders look at a Victorian courtroom. I for one cannot put these books down once I begin them. By the end of this book, we know that there will be more on this particular storyline with her next addition to this wonderful series.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have finally reached the end of the published William Monk series. And like the title of this newly published novel, I am feeling acceptable loss. I know that in a year or so, another William Monk will appear. I thoroughly enjoy this series with the vivid description of Victorian England. The characters are individuals with flaws. Oliver Rathbone struggles with his feelings for his wife, Margaret Ballinger Rathbone. Many of the characters reflect on the loyalty to family members, friends, and spouses. In this novel, a seller, Mickey Parfitt, of sexual pleasures is found murdered, and many would rather not look for the killer. But Monk must find the killer in order to stop the terrible crime against young, poor boys. Then Monk arrests Margaret's father, Arthur Ballinger for the murder of Mickey Parfitt. Monk's career stands in jeopardy for arresting such an influential and wealthy man on circumstantial evidence. As usual, Perry takes the reader through the emotions of the many characters on both sides of the case.