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Oct 04, 2011 | ISBN 9780345523754 Buy
Sep 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307767691 Buy
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Oct 04, 2011 | ISBN 9780345523754
Sep 22, 2010 | ISBN 9780307767691
The freshly dead body sprawled on the Bedford Square doorstep of General Brandon Balantyne is an affront to every respectable sensibility. The general denies all knowledge of the shabbily dressed victim who has so rudely come to death outside his home, but Superintendent Thomas Pitt cannot believe him—for in the dead man’s pocket, Pitt finds a rare snuffbox that recently graced the general’s study. The superintendent must tread lightly, however, lest his investigation trigger a tragedy of immense proportions, ensnaring honorable men like flies in a web. Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, becomes his full partner in probing this masterpiece of evil, spawned by an amorality greater than they can imagine.
Anne Perry is the bestselling author of fifteen previous holiday novels, as well as the bestselling William Monk series, the bestselling Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, the new Daniel Pitt series, five World War I novels, and a work of historical… More about Anne Perry
“Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood.”—San Francisco Chronicle“Perry scores again with a major Victorian thriller. . . . A tribute to master plotter Agatha Christie for its ingenuity.”—Chicago Sun-Times “You can count on a Perry tale to be superior.”—San Diego Union-Tribune “The mood and pace of the tale are exemplary.”—The Plain Dealer “The denouement is a shock.”—Los Angeles Times
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