Description
When an obscure moneylender named William Weems is murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, there are no mourners--and there is more than a little discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he so mercilessly devoured. Yet when Inspector Pitt finds in the murdered man's office a list containing the names of some of London's most distinguished gentlemen, he begins to realize the magnitude of his duty. William Weems, it transpires, was no common usurer but a vicious blackmailer. Fortunately, Pitt's clever, well-born wife, Charlotte, has entrée to London's best society. Her insights prove to be invaluable to Pitt's investigation as she observes, at glittering balls and over gossipy tea tables, a world of passion, power, and greed that the police are seldom permitted to see.
Author: Anne Perry
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/28/2011
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780345523679
ISBN10: 0345523679
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Historical | General
Author: Anne Perry
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 06/28/2011
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780345523679
ISBN10: 0345523679
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Traditional
- Fiction | Thrillers | Suspense
- Fiction | Historical | General
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.

