{"product_id":"acceptable-loss-9780345510617","title":"Acceptable Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Perry's seventeenth William Monk novel, now in paperback, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London's docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 Police, is puzzled by the murder weapon: an elegant scarf whose original owner was obviously a man of substance. Dockside informers lead Monk to a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a band of half-starved boys is held captive for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Though Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would gladly reward Parfitt's killer, duty leads them in another direction--to an unresolved crime, to a deadly confrontation with some of the empire's most respected men, and ultimately to a courtroom showdown with Monk's old friend, Oliver Rathbone, in a trial of nearly unbearable tension and suspense.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Masterful storytelling . . .  the] best in the series to date.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Perry\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels, including \u003ci\u003eBlind Justice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Sunless Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including \u003ci\u003eDeath on Blackheath\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMidnight at Marble Arch. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as eleven holiday novels, most recently \u003ci\u003eA New York Christmas, \u003c\/i\u003e and a historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Sheen on the Silk, \u003c\/i\u003e set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Scotland and Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491689271570,"sku":"9780345510617","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f6f7c092-a84b-4c93-a96b-3a8f46186d9d.jpg?v=1730549725","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/acceptable-loss-9780345510617","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}