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Description edit
"Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil, and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens's eyes pop." NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW When a doctor is found brutally murdered, even the neighborhood's most hardened residents are stunned. But three more bodies are... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Charlotte Pitt: Upper class woman who married Inspector Pitt and helps with his cases
- Inspector Thomas Pitt: Police Inspector working a murder case Admirable in the way he sticks to his standards, stays true to himself, regardless of the danger. Married to Charlotte
- Max Burton: Runs a series of brothels
- Alan Ross: Married to Christina Balantyne
- General Balantyne: His household employed Max Burton as a butler when Pitt was investigating a case in the neighborhood
- Lady Emily Ashworth: Charlotte's sister and the Vicountess Ashworth
- Hubert Pinchin: Add a description of this character.
- George: Vicount Ashworth married to Emily, Charlotte's sister
- Ambrose Mercutt: Competition to Max Burton in the brothel business
- Sir Bertram Astley
- May Woolmer: Betrothed to Sir Bertram Astley
- Beau Astley: Sir Bertram's brother
- Gracie: The Pitt's maid
- Mary Dalton: One owner of Dalton's brothel with her sister Victoria
- Brandon Balantyne: General Balantyne's son - married to Jemina.
- Adela Pomeroy: Wife of one of Pitt's murder victims
- Christina Ross: Balantyne's daughter, married to Alan Ross
- Jemima Balantyne: Married to Brandon - she was once a governess who successfully married up into Society
- Lavinia Hawkesley
- Inspector Parkins: Police - working a case similar to Pitt's
- Mr. Mullen
- Victoria Dalton: One owner of Dalton's brothel with her sister Mary
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
P.C. Withers sneezed as the icy January howled up the alley off the Thames.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 7 of 28 in Charlotte and Thomas Pitt. (standard series)
Preceded by Rutland Place, and followed by Cardington Crescent.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Perry (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 1985
ISBN: 978-0312188696
Page Count: 248
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 1985
ISBN: 978-0312188696
Page Count: 248
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
Subjects edit
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Authors, A-Z › ( P ) › Perry, Anne
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Historical
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › Series
- Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery › British Detectives
- Books › Literature & Fiction
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