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Where Death of a Stranger sits
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- Book 13 of William Monk. See all William Monk books in order
- The book before
- Funeral in Blue
- The book after
- The Shifting Tide
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- Last checked: September 25, 2026, against penguinrandomhouse.com
What Death of a Stranger is about
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- Hester Monk runs a clinic for the women of Leather Lane who work as prostitutes, and lately she sees broken bones and stab wounds instead of bruises and fevers. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic ... broken bones and knife wounds
- Railway magnate Nolan Baltimore is found mysteriously dead in a sleazy local brothel. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel
- William Monk takes on a mysterious beauty as a client, and she fears that the man she will marry, an executive in Baltimore's railway firm, is caught up in fraud. (Library of Congress; read November 6, 2026)
a mysterious beauty ... an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm ... fraudulent practices
Topics in this book
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Topics
- Private investigators
- William Monk
Reading ages
- Adult
Other books in William Monk
24 books listed so far
- Book 1: The Face of a Stranger
- Book 2: A Dangerous Mourning
- Book 3: Defend and Betray
- Book 4: A Sudden, Fearful Death
- Book 5: The Sins of the Wolf
- Book 6: Cain His Brother
- Book 7: Weighed in the Balance
- Book 8: The Silent Cry
- Book 9: A Breach of Promise
- Book 10: The Twisted Root
- Book 11: Slaves of Obsession
- Book 12: Funeral in Blue
- Book 14: The Shifting Tide
- Book 15: Dark Assassin
- Book 16: Execution Dock
- Book 17: Acceptable Loss
- Book 18: A Sunless Sea
- Book 19: Blind Justice
- Book 20: Blood on the Water
- Book 21: Corridors of the Night
- Book 22: Revenge in a Cold River
- Book 23: An Echo of Murder
- Book 24: Dark Tide Rising
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