Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels (Paperback))
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Longtime readers of Anne Perry will be familiar with Inspector Thomas Pitt, the low-born London copper with a better-born wife, Charlotte. Set during the Victorian era, Perry's mysteries usually examine the dark underbelly of aristocratic life. Homosexuality, adultery, and pedophilia have all been subjects of her previous books; in Ashworth Hall she injects a new ingredient: politics.
Ashworth Hall is the name of an estate where, in the autumn of 1890, a highly secret meeting is being held to discuss Anglo-Irish relations. The "Irish Problem" soon takes a backseat to murder, however, and Inspector Pitt, who as the son of servants grew up on just such an estate, is called in to solve the case. While he investigates below-stairs, Charlotte gathers clues above. As usual, their collaboration is successful, both in crime-solving and as literature.
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The New York Times Book Review, Marilyn Stasio
Anne Perry pushes the English manor-house mystery into dangerous new territory with Ashworth Hall. . . . [The] subtle play on sex roles, a constant in this rewarding series, may well be the secret of its profound appeal.
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Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels (Paperback))
Ashworth Hall (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels (Paperback)),Anne Perry,Fawcett,0449000869,Fiction,Fiction - Mystery/ Detective,Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural,Crime & mystery,Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General
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