While this is the 24th book in the William Monk series, if you haven't read the first 23 books, you can still jump in to this story and enjoy it. Anne Perry always does a nice job of including just enough details to give you some back story (even though once in a while, too many details . . . but I digress) so you can enjoy a story without wondering what's going on.
This story begins with a kidnapping. Commander William Monk is enlisted by Kate Exeter's husband to accompany him with the ransom money and save Kate. Monk and his most trusted men arrange a secret handover in the dangerous slums of Jacob's Island, but at the last moment, someone betrays them, leaving death and destruction in the wake of a skirmish that breaks out in the dark.
Now, Monk must not only determine who kidnapped Kate, but which one of his men betrayed him. When a whistleblower claims that the ransom money was embezzled funds that incriminate Kate's husband, the whole case takes on a new twist.
I gulped down this book, setting aside time on my day off from work to sit in a favorite chair and just read, read, read. I felt Perry did an excellent job with this story, moving it along at a steadily increasing pace, adding in twists and details --- and by the end, I was still wondering if it would all turn out okay. You have a sense you know what happened, but you have no idea how Monk is going to prove it --- and the fact that there is the underlying storyline about one of his own men betraying him just adds to the tension. This is a great addition to the series!
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