William Monk 13 - Death of a Stranger

their upraised arms and the triumph in their blackened faces. The driver staggered back against the wall, the controls barely in his grasp. The stoker and the brakeman clasped each other.
    Jarvis Baltimore held out his hand and Monk took it.
    “Thank you!” Baltimore mouthed. “Thank you, Monk! For the past, and the present!”
    Monk found himself grinning idiotically, and could think of nothing at all to say. Anyway he could not have spoken; his voice was choked with tears.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    Among Anne Perry ’s other novels featuring investigator William Monk are
Funeral in Blue
,
Slaves of Obsession
,
The Twisted Root
, and
A Breach of Promise
. She also writes the popular novels featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, including
The Whitechapel Conspiracy
,
Half Moon Street
,
Bedford Square
, and
Brunswick Gardens
. Her short story “Heroes” won an Edgar Award. Anne Perry lives in Scotland. Visit her Web site at www.anneperry.net .

By Anne Perry
    Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group
    Featuring William Monk
    The Face of a Stranger
    A Dangerous Mourning
    Defend and Betray
    A Sudden, Fearful Death
    The Sins of the Wolf
    Cain His Brother
    Weighed in the Balance
    The Silent Cry
    A Breach of Promise
    The Twisted Root
    Slaves of Obsession
    Funeral in Blue
    Death of a Stranger
    Featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt
    The Cater Street Hangman
    Callander Square
    Paragon Walk
    Resurrection Row
    Bluegate Fields
    Rutland Place
    Death in the Devil’s Acre
    Cardington Crescent
    Silence in Hanover Close
    Bethlehem Road
    Highgate Rise
    Belgrave Square
    Farriers’ Lane
    The Hyde Park Headsman
    Traitors Gate
    Pentecost Alley
    Ashworth Hall
    Brunswick Gardens
    Bedford Square
    Half Moon Street
    The Whitechapel Conspiracy
    Southampton Row

A Ballantine Book
    Published by The Ballantine Publishing Group
    Copyright © 2002 by Anne Perry
    All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by The Ballantine Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada
by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
    Ballantine and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
    www.ballantinebooks.com
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Perry, Anne.
    Death of a stranger / Anne Perry.
    p. cm.
    1. Monk, William (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Private
    investigators—England—London—Fiction. 3. London (England)—Fiction. I. Title.
    PR6066.E693 D43 2002
    823′.914—dc21 2002066735
    eISBN: 978-0-345-45865-0
    v3.0