Annotation
A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimation, where women are often blamed for the violence against them, and powerful men take what they want. The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation. Yet even with the help of his ingenious wife, Charlotte, and his former superior, Victor Narraway, Pitt is stumped. And the path to the truth is deeply troubling.
Characters
| Name | Pitt, Thomas |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Police superintendent |
| Traits | Married |
| Father |
| Name | Pitt, Charlotte Ellison |
| Gender | Female |
| Traits | Married |
| Mother | |
| Aristocrat |
| Genre | Fiction Mystery --British --Detective duo, Husband and wife --Police procedural Historical Suspense |
| Topics | Wealthy lifestyles Victorian society Rape Aristocrats Assault Fathers and daughters Teenage girls Murder investigations Parties |
| Setting | England |
| Series | ||
| Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery | ||
| 1 | The Cater Street hangman | |
| 2 | Callander Square | |
| 3 | Paragon Walk | |
| 4 | Resurrection Row | |
| 5 | Rutland Place | |
| 6 | Bluegate Fields | |
| 7 | Death in the Devil's Acre | |
| 8 | Cardington Crescent | |
| 9 | Silence in Hanover Close | |
| 10 | Bethlehem Road | |
| 11 | Highgate Rise | |
| 12 | Belgrave Square | |
| 13 | Farriers' Lane | |
| 14 | The Hyde Park headsman | |
| 15 | Traitor's Gate | |
| 16 | Pentecost Alley | |
| 17 | Ashworth Hall | |
| 18 | Brunswick Gardens | |
| 19 | Bedford Square | |
| 20 | Half Moon Street | |
| 21 | The Whitechapel conspiracy | |
| 22 | Southampton Row | |
| 23 | Seven dials | |
| 24 | Long Spoon Lane | |
| 25 | Buckingham Palace gardens | |
| 26 | Treason at Lisson Grove | |
| 27 | Dorchester terrace | |
| 28 | Midnight at Marble Arch | |
| 29 | Death on Blackheath | |
| 30 | The Angel court affair | |
| 31 | Treachery at Lancaster gate | |
| 32 | Murder on the serpentine | |