Death of a Stranger, Anne Perry
The Book When a prominent business man, Nolan Baltimore, is found murdered in one of the seediest brothels in London, Hester's new world comes under pressure. Hester has founded a clinic for prostitutes in the red light district. She asks them no questions, and does not judge them. As a result, she patches up the sex workers which allows them to go back to work. Not long after Baltimore is found dead, a young woman, Katrina Harcus, employs Hester's husband, William Monk to investigate potential fraud at Baltimore's railroad company. Katrina explains she is worried her fiancé, a junior partner in the firm, will be pulled into something dishonorable. Monk takes the case. But as he investigates Baltimore's business, his own shadowy past comes back. He knows he once knew something about it when he finds old banking records with his signature on it. As Monk investigates the current potential fraud, he is afraid he had something to do with the old fraud, a cri...
