The Cater street hangman
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Careless of both murder and manners, two determinedly unconventional young sisters ignore Victorian mores and actively join the police investigation into the murder of their servant girl.
Charlotte a Thomas Pitt Séria
Táto séria vás vtiahne do temných uličiek viktoriánskeho Londýna, kde sa policajný inšpektor Thomas Pitt a jeho bystrá manželka Charlotte púšťajú do riešenia najzáhadnejších zločinov. Sledujte, ako sa preplietajú zložitými prípadmi plnými spoločenských intríg, tajomstiev a nebezpečenstva, a odhaľte pravdu skrytú pod povrchom uhladenej spoločnosti. Každý diel ponúka napínavé pátranie po spravodlivosti v dobe plnej kontrastov.
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Callander Square
- 263 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
Murders just don’t happen in fashionable areas like Callander Square–but these two have. The police are totally baffled. Pretty, young Charlotte Ellison Pitt, however, is curious. Inspector Pitt’s well-bred wife doesn’t often meddle in her husband’s business, but something about this case intrigues her–to the point that staid Charlotte Pitt is suddenly rattling the closets of the very rich, seeking out backstairs gossip that would shock a barmaid, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder.
Paragon Walk
- 256 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it became appallingly clear that something ugly lurked behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk -- something that could lead to more scandal, more murder...
Resurrection Row
- 226 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
What an odd sight! The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terrible amiss. Despite doctor's claims of death by natural causes, Pitt insisted on serious digging to unearth the truth--even if it killed him.
London’s most unusual sleuthing team, Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, just cannot seem to stay away from trouble. When Charlotte learns of her mother’s distress in losing a locket with a compromising picture, she has no idea that it’s just the beginning of a series of bizarre events that will end in sudden death. For hidden behind the sumptuous elegance of Rutland Place, where Charlotte’s mother lives, are terrible secrets—secrets so horrifying that only murder can conceal them. But the dangerous persistence of Charlotte and the quiet patience of Inspector Pitt will make it possible to unwind this most macabre and chilling mystery.
When an upper-class boy is found violated and dead in London's most dangerous slums, Inspector Pitt is shocked. But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they were trying to hide. His wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find outeven it if means tearing down the facades of an oh-so-proper family.... "The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER
When a doctor is found brutally murdered in the lurid section of London aptly named “Devil’s Acre,” even its most hardened residents are stunned. But shock soon turns to horror when Inspector Thomas Pitt discovers three more bodies with the same gruesome “calling card”: a stab wound in the back and a rather inexpertly executed mutilation. As Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, race against time to find the killer, a treacherous mystery unfolds. And no one, not the lowest brand of ruffian or the most established aristocrat, will escape unscathed.
Cardington Crescent
- 297 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
Anne Perry's eighth Victorian mystery finds Charlotte Pitt's brother-in-law murdered, poisoned in his morning coffee.
Silence in Hanover Close
- 360 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
When Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case that had taken place in London’s luxurious Hanover Close, he is all too aware that his superiors want him to simply smooth things over. But penetrating the reserve of high society households will take more finesse than Pitt can muster. Enter Charlotte Pitt, his wellborn wife, and her sister, Emily. As the social equals of the inhabitants of the Close, the women are privy to conversations that would never reach the ears of a mere policeman. What they find is a secret so shocking it will lead to more deaths—including, quite possibly, Pitt’s own.
Die dunkelgraue Pelerine
- 250 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
A series of grisly murders of Members of Parliament puts Inspector Thomas Pitt and his suffragette wife Charlotte at cross-purposes. He believes the main suspect is guilty, and she wants to prove the same suspect--a distraught suffragette with a painful grudge against one of the victims--innocent!
Highgate Rise
- 342 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
When the wife of Dr. Shaw dies in a deliberately set fire, Inspector Thomas Pitt searches for clues to the baffling crime in a Victorian London full of dark family secrets. Reprint. NYT. PW. AB.
Belgrave Square
- 374 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
When obscure money lender William Weems is found murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, Inspector Pitt uses a list found in Weems' office, containing the names of London's most distinguished gentleman, to investigate
Farriers' Lane
- 432 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
Investigating the poisoning death of a distinguished judge, Inspector Pitt finds himself haunted by a grisly murder committed in desolate Farrier's Lane five years before
The Hyde Park Headsman
- 343 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
Investigating a series of brutal murders that remind Londoners of Jack the Ripper, police superintendent Thomas Pitt and his investigative partner and wife Charlotte uncover a shocking set of clues that are linked to an elusive killer. Reprint.
Traitors Gate
- 432 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
Believing that the death of his mentor is related to the actions of a traitor who is leaking secrets to Germany, Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt begins a quiet investigation with the help of his clever wife, Charlotte. Reprint.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt: Pentecost Alley
- 406 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
The ritual murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley would ordinarily occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis. But, under the victim's body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name Finlay Fitzjames--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay's father, immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous, refuses to consider the possibility that his son has been in Ada McKinley's bed. The implication is clear: Pitt is to arrest someone other than Finlay Fitzjames for Ada's demise. But Thomas Pitt is not a man to be intimidated, and with the help of his quick-witted wife, Charlotte, he stubbornly pursues his investigation - one that twists and turns like London's own ancient streets....
Ashworth Hall
- 373 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gathers to discuss home rule, the meeting's moderator--a government official--winds up dead in his bath, leaving Superintendent Thomas Pitt and his wife to avert an explosion of mayhem. Reprint.
Brunswick Gardens
- 416 stránok
- 15 hodin čítania
In Victorian England, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt venture into an Anglican church to find out who murdered a pretty advocate of Darwin's theories
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt: Bedford Square
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel - International Edition
- 327 stránok
- 12 hodin čítania
The freshly dead body sprawled on the Bedford Square doorstep of General Brandon Balantyne is an affront to every respectable sensibility. The general denies all knowledge of the shabbily dressed victim who has so rudely come to death outside his home. But Superintendent Thomas Pitt cannot believe him. For in the dead man's pocket he finds a rare snuffbox that recently graced the general's study. He must tread lightly, however, lest his investigation trigger a tragedy of immense proportions, ensnaring honorable men like flies in a web. Pitt's clever wife, Charlotte, becomes his full partner in probing this masterpiece of evil, spawned by an amorality greater than they can imagine . . .
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel: Half Moon Street
- 311 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
For superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable. He lies in a battered punt drifting through the morning mist, his arms and legs chained to the boat's sides. He is clad in a torn green gown and flowers bestrew his battered body.Pitt's determined search for answers to the victim's identity leads him deep into London's bohemia to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman--and into studios where masters of light and shadow are experimenting with the fascinating new art of photography. But only Pitt's most relentless pursuit enables him to identify the wildfire passions raging through this tragedy of good and evil, to hunt down the guilty and protect theinnocent.
When evidence presented in court by Thomas Pitt leads to the execution of a distinguished soldier and archaeologist, the retaliation from the hanged man's influential friends is swift. The murderer was a member of the Inner Circle, a group of men whose power extends further than Pitt realised was possible, and, within days, he loses command of the Bow Street police station. To protect him from the Inner Circle's hatred, he is forced to leave his family to work undercover in the dangerously volatile East End.
Southampton Row
- 352 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
When a clairvoyant is found murdered following a late night sâeance, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt become entangled in a battle over a crucial seat in Parliament when they discover that the wife of one candidate participated in the fatal sâeance.
Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Imperial Secret Service. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot and the prime suspect is the Egyptian mistress of a senior cabinet minister. But some things don't add up at the scene of the murder. When the Egyptian Ambassador puts in a call to Prime Minister Gladstone, it seems a major diplomatic row is brewing. Thomas is convinced Narraway knows more than he claims, and Pitt's wife Charlotte fears there could be involvement with the secret organisation that destroyed Pitt's Metropolitan Police career and nearly cost him his life. Can Pitt tread the tense diplomatic tightrope between protecting justice, the security of his country, and the safety of his family?
Long Spoon Lane (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 24)
- 384 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
The twenty-fourth breathtaking mystery from master of crime Anne Perry
Buckingham Palace Gardens
- 399 stránok
- 14 hodin čítania
The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But, alas, the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute turns up in a linen closet among the queen’s monogrammed sheets. With great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts’ cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests’ conversations. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman, Pitt’s career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.
Betrayal at Lisson Grove (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 26)
- 438 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
The next thrilling instalment of Anne Perry's acclaimed Inspector Thomas Pitt series
“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets from her career as a revolutionary spy. And behind the doors of a stately manor, a beautiful young Croatian woman hoards mysteries of her own. Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, need these two fascinating women to tell them things they desperately need to know—before death and terror ignite an international catastrophe. Includes a preview of Anne Perry’s next Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel, Midnight at Marble Arch “The always clever Anne Perry infuses Dorchester Terrace with the right amount of intrigue and complex relationships that have made this prolific series one of the finest in modern mystery fiction.”—Bookreporter “A classic . . . [a] novel of intrigue, romance and treason . . . replete with well-drawn characters.”—Huntington News
Midnight at Marble Arch
- 368 stránok
- 13 hodin čítania
This New York Times bestseller has garnered acclaim as one of the best books of the year according to RT Book Reviews. It offers a compelling narrative that captivates readers with its unique themes and engaging characters, making it a standout choice for those seeking an exceptional reading experience.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel: Death on Blackheath
- 302 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
As commander of the powerful Special Branch, Thomas Pitt has the job of keeping Britain safe from spies and traitors. So there’s no obvious reason why he is suddenly ordered to investigate two minor incidents: the blood, hair, and shards of glass discovered outside the home of naval weapons expert Dudley Kynaston, and the simultaneous disappearance of Mrs. Kynaston’s beautiful lady’s maid. But weeks later, when the mutilated body of an unidentified young woman is found near Kynaston’s home, Pitt realizes that this is no ordinary police investigation. Far from it. Is Kynaston—one of Britain’s most valuable scientists—leading a double life? Is Pitt saddled with a conspiracy so devilishly clever that it will ruin him? A baffled Pitt has never needed his friends more desperately, including his indomitable wife, Charlotte; his canny old colleague Victor Narraway; and his personal drawing-room spy, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. But even these allies may not be able to save Pitt—or Britain.
When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia preached new, and some say blasphemous, religious ideals, and her life had been threatened. But Pitt senses there is some deeper and more dangerous reason for her kidnap - if that is what it is. Three men are caught up in the hunt for Sofia - her cousin, a banker for the Church of England, a popular and charismatic politician, and a journalist who seems determined to goad Pitt to the truth. Each seem to be hiding something, and as the search for answers stretches from London to Spain, Pitt knows that time is running out, and the nation's security could be at stake...Angel Court is the thirtieth superb mystery featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt from the master of Victorian crime.
The 31st novel in the popular series featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, along with favourite characters Vespasia and Narraway
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt: Murder on the Serpentine
- 272 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
In the latest installment of Anne Perry's Victorian mystery series, the stakes are at an all-time high as Thomas Pitt receives a royal summons for a matter of grave importance. The body of Sir John Halberd, a confidant of the Queen, is discovered in Hyde Park, showing signs of a fatal head injury. Sir John had been secretly investigating Alan Kendrick, a horse-racing enthusiast with undue influence over the Prince of Wales. Now, Commander Pitt must navigate the upper echelons of society with discretion, as the killer is likely from the upper classes. With the help of his wife, Charlotte, and her social connections, Pitt delves into the hidden motives behind the polite exterior of the elite, uncovering a potential threat to the monarchy. As he approaches a pivotal moment in his career, Pitt faces new challenges, both professional and personal. Together with Charlotte, he must unravel the intricacies of this suspenseful plot, crafted by Perry, to either achieve their finest hour or face their darkest moment.
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Feinde der Krone / Die Frau aus Alexandria
- 816 stránok
- 29 hodin čítania
FEINDE DER KRONE:London 1892. England steht vor einer entscheidenden Wahl. Um ein politisches Desaster zu vermeiden, erhält Inspektor Pitt einen außergewöhnlichen Auftrag: Er soll verhindern, dass der kriminelle Charles Voisey für das Unterhaus kandidiert. Als kurz darauf eine berühmte Spiritistin ermordet wird, vermutet Pitt einen Zusammenhang - und kommt einem unglaublichen Skandal auf die Spur.DIE FRAU AUS ALEXANDRIA:Die Ägypterin Ayesha Sachari wird in London mit blutigen Händen neben einer Leiche ertappt. Für die Polizei und die Öffentlichkeit ist sie damit die Mörderin. Doch welche Rolle spielt ihr Geliebter, der Minister Saville Ryerson, der in der Mordnacht ebenfalls am Tatort war?
