![]() ![]() Historical figures, such as Prime Minister Gladstone, make the appropriate appearances. ![]() There are fascinating scenes in which the candidates standing for that one critical seat address crowds in the streets about the issues facing them. Some understanding of the genesis of the rancor between Pitt and his nemesis, Charles Voisey, Tory candidate for a critical Parliamentary seat and a member of the secret society known as the Inner Circle, is required. The story is complex and to some extent, requires that the reader know a bit about Pitt’s past. How does the murder of a prominent clairvoyant, then, impact Pitt? Why and how does he become the pivotal person in this investigation? Pitt is now with Special Branch, in which political intrigue is even more on the agenda, and ostensibly, is no longer doing the type of police work he once did and loved. Pitt is no longer with Bow Street, having been stripped of his Superintendency after the Whitechapel affair. This, Anne Perry’s 22nd Thomas and Charlotte Pitt book, is an admirable entry in this Victorian mystery series. ![]()
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