I was able to work on the newsletter today and hope to do so again tomorrow. The boys got me up early so we did the walk and then I picked up breakfast for myself and Steve at Hardees. I'm about to start ACCEPTABLE LOSS by Anne Perry. This is 17th of 17 in series featuring William Monk, an amnesiac police inspector, later a private detective and river policeman, in Victorian London. Here is a description:
When the body of a small-time crook named Mickey Parfitt washes up on the tide, no one grieves; far from it. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the expensive silk cravat used to strangle Parfitt. How did this elegant scarf—whose original owner was obviously a man of substance—end up imbedded in the neck of a wharf rat who richly deserved his sordid end? Dockside informers lead Monk to what may be a partial answer—a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a captive band of half-starved boys are forced to perform vile acts for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Although Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would prefer to pin a medal on Parfitt’s killer, duty leads them in another direction—to an unresolved crime from the past, to blackmail and more murder, and to a deadly confrontation with some of the empire’s most respected men.
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