Bluegate Fields - Hardcover

Perry, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750517093 ISBN 13: 9780750517096

Publisher: Magna Large Print Books, 2001

Synopsis

Inspector Thomas Pitt is shocked. The body of a boy, clearly from the upper classes, has been found in the filthy sewers of Bluegate Fields, one of London's most dangerous slums. What's more, the unfortunate boy had been violated before he was murdered. So vile a case is hardly a topic for drawing-room conversation.

But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they are trying to hide. Pitt's wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find out-even if it means tearing down the facades of an oh-so-proper family.

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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

Edition details

• Publisher: Magna Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0750517093
• ISBN 13: 9780750517096
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384