Adéntrate en las atmosféricas calles del Londres victoriano con esta cautivadora serie de misterio. Sigue al inspector de policía Thomas Pitt y a su inteligente esposa Charlotte mientras desentrañan complejos casos llenos de intriga social y peligros ocultos. Las narrativas combinan magistralmente detalles históricos con investigaciones llenas de suspense, ofreciendo una visión fascinante del submundo de una sociedad que lucha por el orden. Prepárate para un viaje a través de tramas intrincadas donde se busca la justicia en medio de los marcados contrastes de la época.
Primer libro de la serie del Inspector Thomas Pitt. Este es un discreto policía londinense destinado a desentrañar, en plena época victoriana, los crímenes engendrados por una sociedad reprimida e hipócrita. En esta ocasión, un barrio de clase acomodada se ve sacudido por un sanguinario asesino. Las víctimas son siempre mujeres jóvenes y aparecen brutalmente estranguladas. En su investigación, Pitt encuentra el apoyo de Charlotte Ellison, una encantadora muchacha disconforme con las rígidas actitudes de su clase social.
En "Los cadáveres de Callander Square", segunda novela de la serie del inspector Pitt, éste y Charlotte Ellison forman ya pareja, tanto en la vida como en las investigaciones policiales. El nuevo caso de Pitt se inicia con el hallazgo de dos recién nacidos enterrados en una elegante plaza londinense. Pitt choca con el rechazo del distinguido vecindario, reacio a airear sus oscuros secretos ante un simple policia, y es Charlotte quien, aprovechando su aristocrático origen, debe hurgar bajo el caparazón de respetabilidad de las clases altas. Anne Perry destaca como auténtica experta en la época victoriana. En esta colección se publica la serie completa del inspector Pitt.
In the posh London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable crime is committed: A young woman is brutally raped and murdered. 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.
What an odd sight! The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terrible amiss. Despite doctor's claims of death by natural causes, Pitt insisted on serious digging to unearth the truth--even if it killed him.
When Charlotte Pitt, well-born wife of Thomas Pitt, the police investigator, learned of her mother's distress in losing a locket with a compromising picture, she did not know it was the beginning of several bizarre events that would end in sudden death. For hidden behind the sumptuous elegance of Ruthland Place were terrible secrets. Secrets so horrifying that only murder could conceal them. And only the dogged persistence of Charlotte and Thomas could reveal them....
En una cloaca de los barrios bajos de Londres aparece el cuerpo sin vida de un adolescente. Para asombro de todos, la identificación revela que se trata del primogénito de una aristocrática familia. Cuando el inspector Pitt y su esposa Charlotte empiezan a investigar el crimen, tropiezan con las reticencias de los padres del muchacho, decididos a impedir que se aireen ciertas cuestiones escabrosas. Una vez más, el caso pone de manifiesto las contradicciones entre apariencias y realidad en la Inglaterra victoriana.
When a doctor is found brutally murdered, even the neighborhood's most hardened residents are stunned. But three more bodies are found, killed the same inexpert way, and Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte race against time to find the killer, as a treacherous mystery unfolds. No one, not the lowest brand of ruffian or the most established aristocrat, will come out unscathed....
When Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case that had taken place in London’s luxurious Hanover Close, he is all too aware that his superiors want him to simply smooth things over. But penetrating the reserve of high society households will take more finesse than Pitt can muster. Enter Charlotte Pitt, his wellborn wife, and her sister, Emily. As the social equals of the inhabitants of the Close, the women are privy to conversations that would never reach the ears of a mere policeman. What they find is a secret so shocking it will lead to more deaths—including, quite possibly, Pitt’s own.
A series of grisly murders of Members of Parliament puts Inspector Thomas Pitt and his suffragette wife Charlotte at cross-purposes. He believes the main suspect is guilty, and she wants to prove the same suspect--a distraught suffragette with a painful grudge against one of the victims--innocent!
Cuando William Weems, un oscuro prestamista, aparece asesinado no hay lágrimas por su muerte, sino una discreta alegría entre aquellos cuyos escasos ingresos esquilmaba sin piedad. Pero cuando el inspector Pitt encuentra en el despacho de la víctima una lista donde figuran algunos caballeros distinguidos de Londres, empieza a comprender la magnitud del caso: Weems no sólo era un usurero sino también un perverso chantajista. Charlotte, la perspicaz esposa de Pitt, será la encargada de esclarecer en la alta sociedad londinense un entramado de turbias pasiones y vil avaricia.
Ein sensationeller Mord im Theater erschüttert die Londoner Gesellschaft. Polizeiinspektor Pitt und seine Frau Charlotte hoffen vergebens, einen ungestörten Abend im Theater zu verbringen. Ein paar Logen weiter bricht der ehrenwerte Richter Samuel Stafford tot zusammen. Pitt, der als Spezialist für politisch delikate Fälle bekannt ist, nimmt die Ermittlungen in dem mysteriösen Mordfall auf.
Set against the backdrop of gruesome beheadings in Hyde Park, newly promoted Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt faces immense pressure to solve a series of chilling murders that have gripped London. With the help of his wife, Charlotte, he navigates a web of sinister violence, but the investigation proves to be his most challenging yet. As the body count rises, the couple must confront the possibility that they may be outmatched by a cunning killer, adding a layer of suspense and urgency to their quest for justice.
Believing that the death of his mentor is related to the actions of a traitor who is leaking secrets to Germany, Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt begins a quiet investigation with the help of his clever wife, Charlotte. Reprint.
When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gathers to discuss home rule, the meeting's moderator--a government official--winds up dead in his bath, leaving Superintendent Thomas Pitt and his wife to avert an explosion of mayhem. Reprint.
In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the staircase to her death, superintendent Thomas Pitt is virtually certain that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter, his handsome curate, or his Roman Catholic son? Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth--and justice. . . .
Cuando en una respetable mansión de Bedford Square se encuentra el cadaver de un hombre asesinado, el más experto y conflictivo policía victoriano de Londres, Thomas Pitt, acude inmediatamente al lugar de los hechos. Tanto la casa como una cajita de rapé encontrada eb el cuerpo pertenecen al muy respetado general Balabtyne, amigo de Charlotte, la esposa de Pitt, y ampliamente conocido en los circulos sociales. A medida que se va involucrando en la investigación de este asesinato y en un caso de chantaje, Pitt se verá inmerso en una terrible lucha para salvar lo que siempre ha intentado preservar: la integridad de la policia de Bow Street.
A bizarre murder leads Inspector Thomas Pitt into London’s Bohemia, where playwrights are fighting censorship, and masters of light and shadow experiment with the fascinating new art of photography. While Charlotte, his wife, holidays in Paris, Pitt relentlessly investigates the dead man’s life with the unexpected help of Charlotte’s mother, now married to an actor. And in the dusty tobacconists and booksellers of Half Moon Street, Pitt discovers a darker side to the photographers’ work which may lead him to the truth...
When evidence presented in court by Thomas Pitt leads to the execution of a distinguished soldier and archaeologist, the retaliation from the hanged man's influential friends is swift. The murderer was a member of the Inner Circle, a group of men whose power extends further than Pitt realised was possible, and, within days, he loses command of the Bow Street police station. To protect him from the Inner Circle's hatred, he is forced to leave his family to work undercover in the dangerously volatile East End.
Despite Thomas Pitt's success in the Whitechapel case, the secretive Inner Circle prevent his returning to Bow Street police as Superintendent. Pitt's next task for Special Branch is to investigate Charles Voisy - the corrupt Inner Circle man Pitt defeated in court - who is standing for election as a Tory MP. Pitt must obtain information to stop Voisy's climb to political power. Then Pitt is ordered to Southampton Row, scene of the hideous murder of a spiritual medium. As the link between the spiritualist and political figures is revealed, the whispers of scandal grow louder. And with Charlotte in hiding for safety, Pitt must turn to his sister-in-law, Emily, to help him solve one of his most high-profile cases yet...
Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Imperial Secret Service. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot and the prime suspect is the Egyptian mistress of a senior cabinet minister. But some things don't add up at the scene of the murder. When the Egyptian Ambassador puts in a call to Prime Minister Gladstone, it seems a major diplomatic row is brewing. Thomas is convinced Narraway knows more than he claims, and Pitt's wife Charlotte fears there could be involvement with the secret organisation that destroyed Pitt's Metropolitan Police career and nearly cost him his life. Can Pitt tread the tense diplomatic tightrope between protecting justice, the security of his country, and the safety of his family?
“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets from her career as a revolutionary spy. And behind the doors of a stately manor, a beautiful young Croatian woman hoards mysteries of her own. Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, need these two fascinating women to tell them things they desperately need to know—before death and terror ignite an international catastrophe. Includes a preview of Anne Perry’s next Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel, Midnight at Marble Arch “The always clever Anne Perry infuses Dorchester Terrace with the right amount of intrigue and complex relationships that have made this prolific series one of the finest in modern mystery fiction.”—Bookreporter “A classic . . . [a] novel of intrigue, romance and treason . . . replete with well-drawn characters.”—Huntington News
This New York Times bestseller has garnered acclaim as one of the best books of the year according to RT Book Reviews. It offers a compelling narrative that captivates readers with its unique themes and engaging characters, making it a standout choice for those seeking an exceptional reading experience.
As commander of the powerful Special Branch, Thomas Pitt has the job of keeping Britain safe from spies and traitors. So there's no obvious reason why he is suddenly ordered to investigate two minor incidents: the blood, hair, and shards of glass discovered outside the home of naval weapons expert Dudley Kynaston, and the simultaneous disappearance of Mrs. Kynaston's beautiful lady's maid. But weeks later, when the mutilated body of an unidentified young woman is found near Kynaston's home, Pitt realizes that this is no ordinary police investigation. Far from it. Is Kynaston-one of Britain's most valuable scientists-leading a double life? Is Pitt saddled with a conspiracy so devilishly clever that it will ruin him? A baffled Pitt has never needed his friends more desperately, including his indomitable wife, Charlotte; his canny old colleague Victor Narraway; and his personal drawing-room spy, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. But even these allies may not be able to save Pitt-or Britain
El mundo se prepara para profundos cambios sociales y políticos, pero Inglaterra lucha por aferrarse a sus tradiciones, estructura de clases y prejuicios. Una bomba estalla en Londres durante una redada policial secreta y se cobra varias vidas. Muchos creen que es un atentado perpetrado por anarquistas, pero el comandante Thomas Pitt, del Servicio de Seguridad del Estado, pronto descubre que se trata del encubrimiento calculado de un asesinato. Las investigaciones de Pitt apuntan hacia un miembro del Parlamento en pos de un lucrativo negocio, un policía de alto rango con oscuros secretos, y un aristócrata sediento de venganza. A medida que sigue el hilo de la trama, Pitt se encuentra una y otra vez con las barreras que protegen a los ricos y poderosos. Barreras que, al derrumbarse, podrían sepultarlo vivo
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