Traitors Gate: 15 (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt) - Softcover

Perry, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345514173 ISBN 13: 9780345514172

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group, 2010

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review:

"Perry's infallible feeling for the historical moment yields animated political views of Victorian society at play and tantalizing glimpses of a confident, assertive creature known as the 'new woman.'"--The New York Times Book Review

"A tale of mystery, corruption, detection, and justice as complex as the colorful characters who populate its pages."--Mystery News

"In the tradition of Margaret Millar and Ruth Rendell, Perry saves her largest, tastiest revelation for the very last paragraphs."--Los Angeles Times

"Riveting . . . devious . . . fascinating . . . soars with pathos and humor and, of course, a crackerjack mystery."--Mobile Register

From the Back Cover:

THE MOST HEINOUS OF CRIMES: TREASON

Superintendent Thomas Pitt of Bow Street is up against the most sensitive and politically demanding case of his career. There is a traitor at work in the Colonial Office, passing confidential information to the German Embassy, and the expansion of the Empire is at stake. The field of suspects is limited to a handful of highly distinguished public servants, all with formidable reputations to maintain, all with considerable power to defend themselves from intrusive investigations.

Simultaneously, Pitt is quietly looking into the death of his childhood mentor, who has apparently taken an overdose of laudanum. What possible connection can there be to the hidden traitor? Pitt begins to wonder if personal grief is clouding his judgement, as he can find no way forward. It takes a second sensational death to reveal the tangled truth, and to put at risk not only Pitt’s life but that of his wife, Charlotte.

“What distinguishes Perry’s books is her incisive and imaginative analysis of character and conscience”
THE LADY

“Intriguing”
OXFORD TIMES

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0345514173
• ISBN 13: 9780345514172
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432