Bethlehem Road (Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Series #10)

by Anne Perry

Overview

The gentleman tied to the lamppost on Westminster Bridge is most elegantly attired—fresh boutonniere, silk hat, white evening scarf—and he is quite, quite dead, as a result of his thoroughly cut throat. Why should anyone kill Sir Lockwood Hamilton, the kindest of family men and most conscientious member of Parliament? Before Inspector Thomas Pitt can even speculate on the reasons, a colleague of Sir Lockwood’s meets the same fate in the same spot. Public indignation is boundless, and clever Charlotte Pitt, Thomas’s wellborn wife, can’t resist helping her hard-pressed husband, scouting society’s drawing rooms for clues to these appalling crimes. Meanwhile, the Westminster Bridge Cutthroat stalks another victim.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780345514110
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/04/2011
Series:	Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Series , #10
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	632,302
Product dimensions:	7.94(w) x 5.26(h) x 0.72(d)

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.

Hometown:

Portmahomack, Ross-shire, U.K

Date of Birth:

October 28, 1938

Place of Birth:

Blackheath, London England

Website:

http://www.anneperry.net

Editorial Reviews

Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon.”—The Atlanta Journal & Constitution

“[Anne] Perry once again demonstrates her true and lively passion. . . . Her finely drawn characters couldn’t be more comfortable within the customs and sensibility of their historical period.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
“Perry uses her well-mannered prose, satiric wit and sense of place and time to construct a completely believable and human world. A sterling performance.”—Library Journal
 
“With a steady hand at dissecting character and motivation, a keen grasp of social history and a flair for description of Victorian London, Perry guarantees a good read to those who like their murder in a believable historical and psychological context.”—Publishers Weekly
 
“[An] excellent Victorian thriller.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

From the Publisher

London policeman Thomas Pitt and his well-born, well-educated wife, Charlotte, investigate the Westminster Bridge murders of politically dissimilar, personally unrelated members of Parliament. According to PW , ``Perry guarantees a good read to those who like their murder in a believable historical and psychological context.'' (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The plotting of this ingenious Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery, set in Victorian London, is intricate and interesting as Anne Perry plays fair with her readers while staying three jumps ahead of them. The wonder is that Davina Porter, who must surely have been registered as a national treasure by now, actually seems to get better, though there was no room for improvement. Here she calls up the thickness and temperature of the London fog as someone starts cutting the throats of Members of Parliament on Westminster Bridge. The shrill snobbery of Charlotte’s poisonous old grandmother, so distinct from the lively warmth of Charlotte’s equally fancy favorite aunt, is a snap to Porter. Male and female, upstairs or below stairs, these characters live. B.G. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine

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