William Monk: Cain His Brother

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Victoria's London was the queen of the universe, a dazzling city from whose magnificent mansions and discreetly luxurious clubs flowed the strategies that built the greatest empire ever known. Meanwhile, the city's poor suffered and died in hopeless obscurity. Inspector William Monk believes he knows his city's best and worst-- until the day Genevieve Stonefield comes to plead with him to find her missing husband. Angus Stonefield had been gentle and loving in his family life; in his relationship with is twin brother, Caleb, a virtual saint. Now he is missing and it appears more than possible that Caleb has murdered him. As Monk inches toward the truth, he also moves unwittingly towards the destruction of his good name and livelihood.