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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.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780345523679 |
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Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 06/28/2011 |
Series: | Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Series , #12 |
Pages: | 368 |
Sales rank: | 239,538 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.02(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author

Anne Perry is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including Death on Blackheath and Midnight at Marble Arch, and the William Monk novels, including Blood on the Water and Blind Justice. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as twelve holiday novels, most recently A New York Christmas, and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Los Angeles and Scotland.
Hometown:
Portmahomack, Ross-shire, U.KDate of Birth:
October 28, 1938Place of Birth:
Blackheath, London EnglandWebsite:
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