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Seven Dials (Mass Market Paperback)

by Anne Perry (Author)
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  • Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books (Mm); Reprint edition (Mar 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0345440080
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345440082
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.4 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 622,039 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Early one morning, Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Secret Service in Queen Victoria's vast empire. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot at Eden Lodge, home of the Egyptian mistress of a senior cabinet minister, Saville Ryerson, and the prime suspect is the woman herself. When Pitt visits the scene of the murder, however, he finds that some things don't add up. Why did the Eyptian woman have a gun, and if she needed protection, from whom? Is her lover lying to protect her, or himself? When the Eyptian Ambassador puts in a call to Prime Minister Gladstone, it seems that a major diplomatic row is brewing. Meanwhile Charlotte Pitt is more concerned about her husband's safety. Thomas is convinced that Narraway knows more about this case than he claims, and Charlotte fears that he could be involved with the inner Circle, the secret organistion that destroyed Pitt's career in the Metropolitan Police and very 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? --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Anne Perry's well-loved series featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt has been adapted for television. THE CATER STREET HANGMAN was watched by millions of viewers when it was broadcast by ITV. Also available from Headline are the critically acclaimed William Monk and Hester Latterly mysteries. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not her best, 17 Mar 2004
By Philosophy Lecturer (Hove, East Sussex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Seven Dials (Paperback)
This book is an interesting mixture of Anne Perry at her best and worst. Her best lies in her ability to give reality to her characters - one cares so much about the maid, Gracie, and her so solid beau, Tellman, who are becoming characters as familiar as the Pitts and Aunt Vespasia. The sensitivity to social nuance and self-consciousness remains as striking as ever, and there is an interesting diversion when Pitt visits Egypt in search of clues - a journey undertaken both ways with remarkable celerity for the steamboat age. The different aspects of London's rich and poor are sketched with the customary deftness. Unfortunately, the plot offers scope for one of Perry's deadly courtroom denouements. These are always let down (whether by author or editor) with an unEnglish understanding of British courts. Witnesses take the stand, and do not go into the witness box, and legal behaviour is far closer to the contemporary American courts than anything in a Victorian court (here called US-style, 'courtroom'). Pitt even visits a corpse in the 'morgue' (sic.). Research needs as ever to be done on English usage - English people talk to people, not with them. These errors across so many books are a blemish in a writer of high talent. Nevertheless, there is much to enjoy.
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