From Publishers Weekly
In her 12th mystery featuring Victorian police inspector Thomas Pitt and his well-born wife, Charlotte, Perry once again weaves social history and a well-plotted puzzle to moving effect. Here the pair investigate the murder of a back-street usurer.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
The masterful Perry ( Bethlehem Road , LJ 6/1/90) again re-creates Victorian London, where Inspector Pitt strives to solve the murder of a usurer with sinister connections to several distinguished gentlemen.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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