书目

SouthamptonRow

内容简介

InVictorianEngland,adivisiveelectionisfastapproaching.PassionsaresoenflamedthatThomasPitt,shrewdmainstayoftheLondonpolice,hasbeenordered,nottosolveacrime,buttopreventanationaldisaster.ThearistocraticTorycandidate—andPitt’sarchenemy—isCharlesVoisey.TheLiberalcandidateisAubreySerracold,whosewife’sdalliancewithspiritualismthreatenshischances.Indeed,sheisoneoftheparticipantsinalate-nightséancethatbecomestheswansongofastylishclairvoyantwhoisfoundbrutallymurderedthenextmorninginherhouseonSouthamptonRow.Meanwhile,Pitt’swife,Charlotte,andtheirchildrenareenjoyingacountryvacation—unawarethatthey,too,aredeeplyendangeredbythesamefanaticalforceshoveringoverthesteadfastPitt....

作者简介

AmongAnnePerry’sothernovelsfeaturingThomasandCharlottePittareTheWhitechapelConspiracy,HalfMoonStreet,BedfordSquare,BrunswickGardens,andAshworthHall.ShealsowritesthepopularnovelsfeaturingVictorianprivateinvestigatorWilliamMonk–amongthem,FuneralinBlue,SlavesofObsession,TheTwistedRoot,ABreachofPromise,andTheSilentCry.“HergraspofVictoriancharacterandconsciencestillastonishes,”saidtheClevelandPlainDealer.HundredsofthousandsofreadersinEuropeandAmericaagree.AnnePerrylivesinScotland.VisitherWebsiteatwww.anneperry.net.FromtheHardcoveredition.

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