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Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this "gripping and highly satisfying" entry in the New York Timesâ??bestselling Victorian mystery series (Publishers Weekly). At the behest of his superior, Thomas Pitt reopens a case gone cold. Three years prior, Robert York, an important member of the British Foreign Office, was murdered in his home in London's exclusive Hanover Close. Pitt has been advised to handle the situation with the utmost discretion, given the compromising circumstances of the crime: a distinguished victim from a powerful family, whispered rumors of treason, and the unimpeachable reputation of the widow, whose imminent marriage to a high-level diplomat could be cause for concern.
One of Pitt's first leads, a York family housemaid, seems innocent enough, but shortly after his interrogation, the woman is found dead. To make matters worse, Pitt is accused of the crime and thrown into prison. Now, only Charlotte and her recently widowed sister, Emily, Lady Ashworth, stand between one of Victorian England's most adept private investigators and the gallows.
From the upstairs drawing rooms to the servants' downstairs quarters, Charlotte and Emily play a deadly gameâ??and it may be only a matter of time before a killer gets the best of both of them… (lisätietoja)
Al inspector Pitt le encargan que reabra un espinoso caso cerrado tres años atrás. Se trata de la muerte en extrañas circunstancias de un hombre que trabajaba para el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, cuya viuda pretende casarse ahora con un colega de su difunto marido. Lo que el inspector y su sagaz esposa Charlotte ignoran es que detrás de todo ese turbio asunto hay un laberinto de vergonzosas relaciones sexuales e incluso un caso de espionaje internacional...
In 1884, a burglary at the home of Robert York, of the Foreign Office, results in him being killed. Now three years later Inspector Pitt as been told to open up the investigation again. But what is the real rason why. Was it just murder, or was treason involved, and if by whom. His wife Charlotte and her sister Emily help in the case. A bit too much vernacular, but still another entertaining story in this series. ( )
The pages continued to turn, although the plot was not especially riveting. Still, I didnt get bored as I sometimes do. The wealthy class awakening to the plight of others was more pronounced in this book. Charlotte, a step removed from her tonnish upbringing, is startled to realize her maid's threadbare nightclothes. Emily, thinking to marry an impecunious man whom she loves, finds herself surprised at that...and then learns first-hand how little time the servant-class has to themselves. Even Pitt, himself, learns that the degradation of prison life doesn't fully destroy the humanity of the prison-class. ( )
Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this "gripping and highly satisfying" entry in the New York Timesâ??bestselling Victorian mystery series (Publishers Weekly). At the behest of his superior, Thomas Pitt reopens a case gone cold. Three years prior, Robert York, an important member of the British Foreign Office, was murdered in his home in London's exclusive Hanover Close. Pitt has been advised to handle the situation with the utmost discretion, given the compromising circumstances of the crime: a distinguished victim from a powerful family, whispered rumors of treason, and the unimpeachable reputation of the widow, whose imminent marriage to a high-level diplomat could be cause for concern.
One of Pitt's first leads, a York family housemaid, seems innocent enough, but shortly after his interrogation, the woman is found dead. To make matters worse, Pitt is accused of the crime and thrown into prison. Now, only Charlotte and her recently widowed sister, Emily, Lady Ashworth, stand between one of Victorian England's most adept private investigators and the gallows.
From the upstairs drawing rooms to the servants' downstairs quarters, Charlotte and Emily play a deadly gameâ??and it may be only a matter of time before a killer gets the best of both of them
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