### Amazon.com Review Thomas Pitt prefers the grim routine of murder investigations to the riskier probing of Victorian governmental intrigues. Yet Anne Perry's *Southampton Row* again finds him displaced from his police command, this time to foil the political ambitions of a ruthless republican.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
β Scribed by Anne Perry
- Book ID
- 110598426
- Publisher
- MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Mysterious Profiles
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781504074537
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
It is 1912, and Peter Naylor calls at the home of Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould, longtime friend of Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte. Clouds are gathering in Europe, and the prime minister is considering Thomas to head up the countryβs intelligence servicesβthe king is not as enthusiastic about the idea.
Thus it is Naylorβs responsibility to investigate the investigatorβnot only his career as a renowned police detective, but his humble family origins, his relationship with his wellborn wife, his likes, dislikes, strengths, and weaknesses. And the highly observant and mischievously candid Lady Vespasia is the ideal woman to ask . . .
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