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Treachery at Lancaster Gate / Anne Perry.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Thorndike Press large print basic | Perry, Anne. Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel ; Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: Large Print editionDescription: 485 pages (large print) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781410487391 (large print : hardback)
  • 1410487393 (large print : hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: When an explosion in London kills two policemen and seriously injures three more, many believe that anarchists are the culprits. But Thomas Pitt, commander of Special Branch, knows the city's radical groups well enough to suspect otherwise: that someone with decidedly more personal motives lit the deadly fuse. As he investigates the source of the fatal blast, he's stunned to discover the bombing was a calculated strike against the ranks of law enforcement. But still more shocking revelations await, as Pitt's inquiries lead him to a member of Parliament hoping for a lucrative business deal, a high-ranking police officer with secrets to keep, and an aristocratic opium addict seeking murderous revenge. As he pursues each increasingly threatening lead, Pitt finds himself impeded at every turn by the barriers put in place to protect the rich and powerful -- barriers which, as they start to crumble, threaten to bury him alive.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Large Print Book Large Print Book Main Library Large Print Fiction MYSTERY Perry, Anne CT 31 Available 33111008405330
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A New York Times Bestselling AuthorA Charlotte and Thomas Pitt NovelGripping and provocative, the latest Thomas and Charlotte Pitt mystery peers unflinchingly into the corrupt affairs of Victorian society on the brink of the century's turn. In a world poised for social and political change, England holds fast to its traditions, classes, and prejudices.

When an explosion in London kills two policemen and seriously injures three more, many believe that anarchists are the culprits. But Thomas Pitt, commander of Special Branch, knows the city's radical groups well enough to suspect otherwise: that someone with decidedly more personal motives lit the deadly fuse. As he investigates the source of the fatal blast, he's stunned to discover the bombing was a calculated strike against the ranks of law enforcement. But still more shocking revelations await, as Pitt's inquiries lead him to a member of Parliament hoping for a lucrative business deal, a high-ranking police officer with secrets to keep, and an aristocratic opium addict seeking murderous revenge. As he pursues each increasingly threatening lead, Pitt finds himself impeded at every turn by the barriers put in place to protect the rich and powerful -- barriers which, as they start to crumble, threaten to bury him alive.

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