Slaves of Obsession - Abridged

A Breach of Promise

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
Length: 14 hours 11 minutes
Abridged: No

The plaintiffs in a sensational breach of promise suit are wealthy social climbers Barton and Delphine Lambert, suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter, Zillah. The defendant is Zillah's alleged fiance, brilliant young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he will not, cannot, marry her. Not even to his counsel,... Read more »

The Twisted Root

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Terrence Hardiman
Length: 13 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No

For Miriam Gardner, attending a party at the London home of her fiancé, Lucius Stourbridge, to celebrate their forthcoming marriage, it should have been one of the happiest days of her life. But, after making a sudden exit from the party, Miriam disappears without a trace. Reluctant to cause a scandal, Lucius seeks out William Monk, a detective... Read more »

Slaves of Obsession - Abridged

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Simon Jones
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: Yes

The year is 1861. The American Civil War has just begun, and London arms dealer Daniel Alberton is becoming a very wealthy man. His quiet dinner party seems remote indeed from the passions rending America. Yet investigator William Monk and his bride, Hester, sense growing tensions and barely concealed violence. For two of the guests are... Read more »

Funeral in Blue

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 11 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No

Two beautiful women have been found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. To investigator William Monk and his wife, Hester, the murders are a nightmare. One of the victims is the wife of Hester’s cherished colleague, surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese émigré who becomes the prime suspect. With an intensity born of... Read more »

Death of a Stranger

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: No

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... Read more »

The Shifting Tide

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: David Colacci
Length: 12 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No

William Monk knows London’s streets like the back of his hand; after all, they are where he earns his living. But the river Thames and its teeming docks—where towering schooners and clipper ships unload their fabulous cargoes and wharf rats and night plunderers ply their trades—is unknown territory.

Only dire need persuades him to accept an... Read more »

Acceptable Loss

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Length: 12 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No

Anne Perry’s seventeenth William Monk novel is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London’s docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series.

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On a London riverbank, when the body of small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up with the tide, no one grieves. But William Monk, commander of the River... Read more »

A Sunless Sea

By: Anne Perry
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
Length: 15 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No

Anne Perry’s spellbinding Victorian mysteries, especially those featuring William Monk, have enthralled listeners for a generation. The Plain Dealer calls Monk “a marvelously dark, brooding creation” — and, true to form, this Perry masterpiece is as deceptively deep and twisty as the Thames. As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed... Read more »