Superintendent Thomas Pitt of Bow Street Police Station once again teams up with his clever wife, Charlotte, to investigate when the corpse of a murdered man turns up on the doorstep of General Brandon Ballantyne, who denies all knowledge of the crime or the victim, in a mystery set in Victorian London. 50,000 first printing.
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"Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"Perry is generous with colorful period details about daily life as it was lived at the end of the century. . . . She is even more remarkable at shaping historical events . . . into a piece of fiction that offers both a satisfactory mystery to solve and a grave social injustice."
--The New York Times Book Review
"THE DENOUEMENT IS A SHOCK."
--Los Angeles Times
"From the Paperback edition."
"Few mystery writers this side of Arthur Conan Doyle can evoke Victorian London with such relish for detail and mood."--"San Francisco Chronicle
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"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"
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"The denouement is a shock.""--Los Angeles Times"
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"
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The denouement is a shock. " Los Angeles Times""
"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
The nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's highly acclaimed mystery series featuring Thomas Pitt
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