| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
333 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel |
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Perry, Anne.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel.
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| Summary |
Thomas Pitt, once a lowly policeman, is now the powerful head of Britain's Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. He, too, feels painful moments of self-doubt, especially as rumors reach him of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line--on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel to visit his royal English kin. Why would anyone destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal, or are the rumors designed to distract Pitt from an even more devastating plot? He must resolve this riddle at once, before the damage is done. Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman--at the end of a romantic career as a revolutionary spy--is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets that can kill. And a beautiful young Croatian woman, married to a British power broker, hoards her own mysteries. Apparently all roads lead to the Continent, and Pitt suspects that between them these two fascinating women could tell him things he desperately needs to know. But as the hours tick by, it seems that the only woman Pitt can count on is his clever wife, Charlotte. |
| Subject |
Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Women detectives -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Police spouses -- Fiction.
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Police -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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London (England) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Pitt, Charlotte (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01064920
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Pitt, Thomas (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01064922
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Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
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Police spouses. (OCoLC)fst01068692
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Women detectives. (OCoLC)fst01177563
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England -- London.
(OCoLC)fst01204271
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1899
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery stories, English.
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Historical fiction, English.
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Suspense fiction, English.
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Mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories, English. (OCoLC)fst01750159
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780345510624 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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0345510623 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780345532329 (ebook) |
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0345532325 (ebook) |
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