Shirley S. reviewed on 6/25/2006 + 29 more book reviews

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In a London hospital, Prudemce, a talented nurse who had once been one of Florence Nightingale's angels of mercy , meets sudden death by strangulation. Private inquirey agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime--which intuition tells him was no random stroke of vilence by a madman

Greatly helped by his unconventional friend Hester, another of Miss Nightingales' nurses, and barrister Oliver, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil that darkens every level of society and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past.

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