London: Headline (Hodder), (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Victorian era crime novel, featuring investigator William Monk and his wife Hester. Two beautiful women are found strangled in the studio of a well-known London artist. One of the victims is the wife of Hester Monk's colleague, surgeon Dr. Kristian Beck, a Viennese emigre who quickly becomes the principal suspect, and now Monk is in a race against time to find evidence of his innocence. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-747262837.