
Pentecost Alley
Anne Perry
The ritual murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley would ordinarily occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis. But under the victim's body the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name Finlay Fitzjames--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay's father--immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous--refuses to consider the possibility that his son has been in Ada McKinley's bed. The implication is clear: Pitt is to arrest someone other than Finlay Fitzjames for Ada's demise. But Thomas Pitt is not a man to be intimidated, and with the help of his quick-witted wife, Charlotte, and her well-connected friends, he stubbornly pursues his investigation--one that twists and turns like London's own ancient streets.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Fawcett
- Year
- 1996
- ISBN-13
- 9780679448358
- Genre
- Crime & ThrillerFiction
- Topics
- Murder investigationVictorian class and privilegeJustice and corruption
Awards
- Edgar Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1997)
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