Título: Death of a Stranger
Autor: Anne Perry
Sinopse: Few authors have written more mesmerizingly about Victorian London than Anne Perry. Readers enter her world with exquisite anticipation, and experience a rich variety of characters and class: aristocrats living in luxury, flower sellers on street corners, ladies of the evening seeking customers on gaslit streets, gentlemen in hansom cabs en route to erotic diversions unknown in their Mayfair mansions. Now Perry gives her myriad fans the book they've been waiting for--the novel in which William Monk breaks through the wall of amnesia and discovers at last who he once was. DEATH OF A STRANGER For the prostitutes of Leather Lane, nurse Hester Monk's clinic is a lifeline, providing medicine, food, and a modicum of peace--especially welcome since lately their ailments have escalated from bruises and fevers to broken bones and knife wounds. At the moment, however, the mysterious death of railway magnate Nolan Baltimore in a sleazy neighborhood brothel overshadows all else. Whether he fell or was pushed, the shocking question in everyone's mind is: What was such a pillar of respectability doing in a seedy place of sin? Meanwhile, brilliant private investigator William Monk acquires a new client, a mysterious beauty who asks him to ascertain beyond a shadow of a doubt whether or not her fiance, an executive in Nolan Baltimore's thriving railway firm, has become enmeshed in fraudulent practices that could ruin him. As Hester ventures into violent streets to learn who is responsible for the brutal abuse of her patients, Monk embarks upon a journey into the English countryside, where the last rails are being laid for a new line. But the sight of tracks stretching into the distance revives memories once stripped from his consciousness by amnesia--as a past almost impossible to bear returns, eerily paralleling a fresh tragedy that has already begun its inexorable unfolding. "From the Hardcover edition."
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Death of a Stranger”, de Anne Perry, publicado pela editora Fawcett, em 2003 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Fawcett
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2003
Edição:
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 0345440064
ISBN13: 9780345440068
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Fawcett costumam mergulhar o leitor em tramas de suspense e mistério ambientadas em cenários variados, que vão desde casas flutuantes à agitação das grandes cidades. As histórias frequentemente envolvem investigações criminais, segredos familiares e personagens que enfrentam dilemas morais ou ameaças iminentes, com um ritmo que equilibra tensão crescente e reviravoltas. O catálogo sugere uma predileção por narrativas que combinam ação com elementos psicológicos, onde protagonistas muitas vezes lidam com conflitos internos enquanto desvendam conspirações ou crimes complexos. Há ainda obras que exploram temas sociais e humanos sob uma ótica crítica, com um tom que pode variar do mais direto ao mais reflexivo.
