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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In the posh London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable crime is committed: A young woman is brutally raped and murdered. <p/>Once again, that incomparable team of sleuths Inspector Thomas Pitt and his young wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the wellborn suspects slip, it becomes appallingly clear that something ugly lurks behind the handsome façades of Paragon Walk-something that may lead to more scandal, and more murder.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better."--<i>San Diego Union-Tribune <p/></i>"The period detail remains fascinating, and [Anne Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes."--<i>Cleveland Plain Dealer <p/></i>"Perry combines murder with a profile of the morals and manners of Victorian society. . . . Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon."-<i>Atlanta Journal & Constitution<br></i><br>"Perry has the gift of making [the Victorian era] all seem immediate and very much alive."--<i>Philadelphia Inquirer<br></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Anne Perry</b> is the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels, including <i>Death on Blackheath</i> and <i>Midnight at Marble Arch, </i>and<i> </i>the William Monk novels, including <i>Blood on the Water </i>and <i>Blind Justice</i>. She is also the author of a series of five World War I novels, as well as twelve holiday novels, most recently <i>A New York Christmas, </i> and a historical novel, <i>The Sheen on the Silk, </i> set in the Ottoman Empire. Anne Perry lives in Los Angeles and Scotland.

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