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"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era."THE CHATTANOOGA TIMESWhile the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questioning causes many a composed facade to crumble, Pitt finds himself couriously drawn to pretty Charlotte Ellison. Yet, a romance between a society girl and so unsuitable a suitor was impossible in the midst of a murder....
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031212385
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9780312123857
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Published Reviews
Kirkus Book Review
A hearty mystery/romance in which a household of women in 1881 London, bred to good works and sipping tea behind the bombazine curtain of Victorian purdah, experience some liberating enlightenment as well as tragedy. It all begins when five young women--including one of the Ellison family housemaids--are horribly murdered in the foggy streets outside the staid Ellison home. Inside that home, daughters Charlotte and Emily and Sarah are kept on a tight rein--by banker papa Edward and Sarah's easy-going husband Dominic. But the Victorian facades begin to crumble when police Inspector Pitt arrives to ask questions about those murders: he's an informal upstart who intrigues shrewdly flirtatious Emily (who has set her bonnet for handsome Lord Ashworth) and especially rebellious, curious Charlotte. Then Inspector Pitt's investigations begin drawing closer and closer to home, and while suspicion flickers over Ashworth, Dominic, and even upright Edward, the women are treated to a view of some dry rot on the masculine side of the double standard. There's a final tragedy within the family, and at last Charlotte is wrenched from the arms of the murderer into those of Inspector Pitt. You may well spot the killer before then--but Perry's easy, irreverent Victoriana is the real attraction here, not the mystery. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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Set in the Victorian age rather than the Regency era, Perry's 26 mysteries offer fans of James's Pemberley story a good next place to dig in. Like James (and Austen), Perry explores social and class issues, focuses on character and psychology, and sets her stories within a detailed framework. Where Perry veers away from James is in the mysteries themselves. These are not cozy stories; Perry's tone and the murders themselves are much more in line with the gritty underworld of London's criminal class than with the concerns of those living above the fray. However, the relationship between Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, should gratify readers who like romance in their mysteries, and the authentic historical settings should satisfy those who enjoy contextual detail. Start with the first mystery, in which Thomas meets Charlotte when investigating her family for their possible connection to the murders of five women. - "RA Crossroads," LJ Reviews 1/5/2012 (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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