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Description edit
When an upper-class boy is found violated and dead in London's most dangerous slums, Inspector Pitt is shocked. But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they were trying to hide. His wife and helpmeet,... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- 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
- Charlotte Pitt: Upper class woman who married Inspector Pitt and helps with his cases
- Lady Emily Ashworth: Charlotte's sister
- Maurice Jerome: Add a description of this character.
- Albie Frobisher
- Arthur Wayboume
- Godfrey Wayboume
- Anstey Wayboume
- Eugenie Jerome
- Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould: Charlotte and Emily's aunt and partner in crime
- Gillivray
- Mr. Athelstan
- Abigail Winters
- Gracie: The Pitts' maid
- Esmond Vander
- Cutler
- Froggatt
- Arthur Waybourne
- Dominic: Charlotte and Emily's dead sister's, Sarah, husband
- Grandmama: Emily and Charlotte's father's mother
- Mr. Swynford
- Benita
- Lady Wayboume
- Caroline Ellison: Emily and Charlotte's mother
- Fanny
- Giles
- Mortimer
- Albert Frobisher
- Titus
First Sentence edit
Inspector Pitt shivered a little and stared unhappily while Sergeant Froggatt lifted the manhole cover and exposed the opening beneath. Iron rungs led downward into a hollow chasm of stone that echoed the distant slither and drip of water. Did Pitt imagine the scutter of clawed feet?
Series & Lists edit
This is book 5 of 28 in Charlotte and Thomas Pitt. (standard series)
Preceded by Resurrection Row, and followed by Rutland Place.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Anne Perry (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1984
ISBN: 978-0312087180
Page Count: 308
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1984
ISBN: 978-0312087180
Page Count: 308
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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