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Authors: Anne Perry

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Pentecost Alley (54 page)

SOUTHAMPTON ROW
by Anne Perry

“COMPELLING AND PROVOCATIVE … VINTAGE PERRY: A GRAND, SWEEPING MYSTERY OF MANNERS.”
—Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

In Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered to prevent a national disaster. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife’s dalliance with spiritualism threatens his chances. Indeed, she is one of the participants in a late-night séance that leads to a brutal murder on Southampton Row. Meanwhile, Pitt’s wife, Charlotte, and their children are enjoying a country vacation—unaware that they, too, are deeply endangered by the same fanatical forces hovering over the steadfast Pitt….

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