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Pentecost Alley - (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt) by Anne Perry (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley should occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis, but under the victim's body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name "Finlay Fitzjames"--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case.
- About the Author: Anne Perry was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels.
- 416 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Mystery & Detective
- Series Name: Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
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Originally published: New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1996.Book Synopsis
The murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley should occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis, but under the victim's body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name "Finlay Fitzjames"--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay's father--immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous--refuses to consider the possibility that his son has been in Ada McKinley's bed. The implication is clear: Pitt is to arrest someone other than Finlay Fitzjames for Ada's demise. But Thomas Pitt is not a man to be intimidated, and with the help of his quick-witted wife, Charlotte, he stubbornly pursues his investigation--one that twists and turns like London's own ancient streets.
Review Quotes
"Vibrant . . alluring . . . It is [Perry's] fine-bladed outrage that draws the blood in this series."--The New York Times Book Review
"Difficult to put down . . . tricky and beautifully paced."--The Virginian-Pilot "Stands as one of her most intricately constructed plots . . . Perry packs a triple wallop into the final pages, one climax following another."--Chicago Sun-Times "Unfolds in a masterly fashion, sure to satisfy devotees of the classic puzzle."--Houston Chronicle "Beautifully crafted, filled with the gaslit atmosphere of a bygone world."--Cosmopolitan
About the Author
Anne Perry was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She was also the author of a series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel, as well as the Elena Standish series; a series of five World War I novels; twenty-one holiday novels; and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire. Anne Perry died in 2023.