El inspector Pitt y su sagaz esposa Charlotte deberán esclarecer un caso de asesinato entre conspiraciones políticas y líos de faldas. La decimoséptima novela de la serie del inspector Pitt. En la regia casa de campo de Ashworth Hall está a punto de iniciarse una reunión secreta. Aunque oficialmente se trata de una elegante fiesta campestre, los invitados son políticos irlandeses congregados para debatir sobre el espinoso tema de la independencia. Cuando Ainsley Greville, el moderador de la reunión y alto funcionario del gobierno británico, aparece asesinado, las negociaciones parecen condenadas al fracaso. En esas mismas fechas se hace público un escándalo amoroso de Parnell, el líder nacionalista irlandés, y el inminente final de su carrera política agrava las tensiones entre los negociadores. Además, el difunto Greville tenía una turbulenta vida sentimental a espaldas de su mujer. A menos que el inspector Pitt y su sagaz esposa Charlotte consigan averiguar la verdad, una guerra civil puede arrasar el país... La crítica ha dicho... «La autora recrea magistralmente el ambiente de corrupción e hipocresía de la Inglaterra de finales del siglo XIX.» Publishers Weekly

El superintendente Pitt se ve involucrado en una conspiración política que amenaza con derrocar la monarquía. La vigesimoprimera novela de la serie del inspector Pitt. Debido al testimonio clave de Thomas Pitt, el soldado y caballero John Adinett es sentenciado a la horca por el inexplicable asesinato de su gran amigo, Martin Fetters. Sin embargo, en vez de ser felicitado, Pitt es relevado de su puesto, alejado de su familia y destinado a una de las zonas más peligrosas y sórdidas de Londres: Whitechapel, en el East End. Mientras él sigue la pista de complots anarquistas contra la corona, su esposa, Charlotte, se sirve de sus contactos en la alta sociedad para descubrir los móviles del crimen que costó la muerte de Fetters, la condena de su mejor amigo y la degradación de su marido. Anne Perry nos sumerge una vez más en las luces y sombras de la sociedad victoriana. La crítica ha dicho... «Una hermosa novela, resulta con gran brillantez e ingenio y con una trama política de trasfondo que refleja la sociedad británica en todos sus niveles.» New York Times Book Review

A bizarre murder on the Thames leads Inspector Thomas Pitt into the shadowy underworld around Victorian London's art district for answers.

When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gathers to discuss home rule, the meeting's moderator--a government official--winds up dead in his bath, leaving Superintendent Thomas Pitt and his wife to avert an explosion of mayhem. Reprint.

The 17th in the popular series of Victorian murder mysteries featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. To all outward appearances, it is yet another exclusive party at the magnificent Ashworth Hall. Select members of Victorian High Society gather for a weekend at the lavish country seat of up-and-coming MP Jack Radley, hosted by his charming wife, Emily. A phalanx of maids, valets, cooks and grooms is at the ready. Also in attendance are Emily's sister Charlotte and her husband, Thomas -- that is to say, Superintendent Pitt of Bow Street. For this is a secret conference on the heated subject of Irish Home Rule, with a team of negotiators finely balanced between Catholic and Protestant, extremist and moderate. The topic is full of urgency since the news of Parnell and Kitty O'Shea is about to emerge from the divorce courts. Beneath the patina of civilized talks lurk resentments and beliefs which give rise to devious acts and complex manipulations. Not all the delegates are convinced that their interests will be best served by peace. Not everyone will live to see the end of the conference...

"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questioning causes many a composed facade to crumble, Pitt finds himself couriously drawn to pretty Charlotte Ellison. Yet, a romance between a society girl and so unsuitable a suitor was impossible in the midst of a murder....

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 façades of an oh-so-proper family.

Inspector Pitt's wife Charlotte travels in disguise to an exclusive neighborhood to investigate the three-year-old murder of a high official in the Foreign Office, in a period mystery set in Victorian London

When a clairvoyant is found murdered following a late night sâeance, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt become entangled in a battle over a crucial seat in Parliament when they discover that the wife of one candidate participated in the fatal sâeance.