Bluegate Fields - Hardcover

Perry, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312087187 ISBN 13: 9780312087180

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1984

Synopsis

Inspector Pitt and his wife Charlotte uncover shocking depravity and unexpected decadence among the aristocracy when the body of a young gentleman turns up in the sewers of the Bluegate Fields slum

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Review:

The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry s] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes. Cleveland Plain Dealer

Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer. Seattle Weekly
Perry is [a] master of crime fiction. Baltimore Sun

When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better. San Diego Union-Tribune

Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon. Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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"The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes."--Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer."--Seattle Weekly

"Perry is [a] master of crime fiction."--Baltimore Sun

"When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better."--San Diego Union-Tribune

"Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon."--Atlanta Journal-Constitution

From the Back Cover:

THE FILTHIEST OF CRIMES

The naked body of a teenage boy is found dead in the stinking sewers of Bluegate Fields. Enquiries prove that he was a sixteen-year-old aristocrat, that it was no ordinary drowning and that he showed unmistakable signs of syphilis. Not the best news for Inspector Thomas Pitt to bring to the parents, Lord and Lady Waybourne. Yet, surprisingly, they co-operate and a suspect is arrested – the boy's tutor.

However, Pitt is troubled by the tidiness of the case, feeling that when the upper classes close rank against inferiors, there is no such thing as 'innocent until proven guilty'. His quest for the truth uncovers child prostitution and deepest corruption. But only when his wife, the astute and aristocratic Charlotte, explores the case from a very different angle, can the shameful and sordid solution be brought to light...

"Her novels are sheer pleasure"
WALL STREET JOURNAL

"Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens's eyes pop"
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0312087187
• ISBN 13: 9780312087180
• Binding: Hardcover