Author: Anne Perry Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Historical fiction, Fiction
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ISBNs: 9780345523693 0345523695 |
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The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to the palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But, alas, the prince's gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute hired for a late-night frolic (after the wives have retired to bed) turns up among the queen's monogrammed sheets in a palace linen closet.
With great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts' cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited-to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests' conversations, scan their bedrooms, and scrutinize their troubled faces for clues to hidden rivalries and attachments that could have lead to murder. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman-as seems increasingly likely-Pitt's career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.
This book is part of the "Charlotte & Thomas Pitt" series. Here are some other books from this series:
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 | "Long Spoon Lane" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Seven Dials" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Southampton Row" First published in 2002 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Bedford Square" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Half Moon Street" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Brunswick Gardens" First published in 1998 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Pentecost Alley" First published in 1996 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Traitors Gate" First published in 1995 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Farrier's Lane" First published in 1993 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Belgrave Square" First published in 1992 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Highgate Rise" First published in 1991 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Bethlehem Road" First published in 1990 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Cardington Crescent" First published in 1987 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Rutland Place" First published in 1983 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Paragon Walk" First published in 1981 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Resurrection Row" First published in 1981 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Callander Square" First published in 1980 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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