"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....
| ISBN: | 9780345513564 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2008 |
| Author: | Anne Perry |
| Publisher: | Ballantine an imprint of Random House Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 287 pages |
| Series: | Charlotte and Thomas Pitt |
| Genres: |
Crime and Mystery Crime and mystery: women sleuths Thriller and Suspense |