{{more citations needed|date=April 2024}} '''Hester Latterly''' is a main character of Anne Perry's ''Monk'' detective series. She is a nurse by trade who served with Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War (1853 –1856). Upon her return home in 1856 she finds her family in a shambles and meets William Monk who is investigating a crime related to her family. Her inquisitive nature eventually allows her to help Monk in his investigations, despite annoying him at first.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Perry |first=Anne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioj-AgAAQBAJ&dq=Hester+Latterly+1856&pg=PT229 |title=Los pecados del lobo (Detective William Monk 5) |date=2019-06-20 |publisher=B DE BOLSILLO |isbn=978-84-9019-478-2 |language=es}}</ref> After trying to work in a free hospital, she is fired for insubordination and takes to private nursing clients. After this, with the help of her friend Callandra Daviot, she opens a clinic for injured and sick prostitutes in the Central London slums. She marries William Monk 4 years after they meet. They have no children yet, but have adopted a 'mudlark' named Scuff.
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