The body lies reclined in a punt, clothed in a torn dress, head thrown back in a mimic of ecstasy. It is a feminine pose but the body is distinctly male. The case already reeks of scandal and the body is not even cold. Pitt is the natural choice to investigate what he soon realises is the most unnatural of killings.
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Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil, and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens' eyes pop out (New York Times Book Review)
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'A comfortably stalwart contribution to the Pitt canon' Kirkus Reviews
Beautifully crafted (Cosmopolitan)
Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is peopled with wonderfully memorable characters (Faye Kellerman)
'Smoothly written and compelling in Perry's distinctive style' North London Weekly Herald
The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well-written (Guardian)
'We don't have a Dickens today, but Anne Perry is every bit as good at telling a tale of dark secrets and social evil to mesmeric effect' Northern Echo
'Splendid new addition to a well-loved and critically acclaimed series' Books Magazine
A complex plot supported by superb storytelling (Scotland on Sunday)
The latest instalment in the well-loved and critically acclaimed Inspector Pitt series by the master storyteller of Victorian society
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