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.
Charlotte y Thomas Pitt Serie
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.
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Los cadáveres de Callander Square
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
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.
Paragon Walk
- 256 páginas
- 9 horas de lectura
In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it became appallingly clear that something ugly lurked behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk -- something that could lead to more scandal, more murder...
Resurrection Row
- 226 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
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.
Rutland Place
- 224 páginas
- 8 horas de lectura
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....
El ahogado del Támesis
- 352 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
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....
Cardington Crescent
- 297 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
Anne Perry's eighth Victorian mystery finds Charlotte Pitt's brother-in-law murdered, poisoned in his morning coffee.
Silence in Hanover Close
- 360 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
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.
Los asesinatos de Bethlehem Road
- 340 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
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!
Los Incendios de Highgate Rise
- 436 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
En el Londres victoriano, aquel rutilante mundo de elegancia para unos pocos, hipocresía de esos mismos pocos y formal cortesía hasta para ir al retrete, se cometían crimenes como en cualquier otra gran ciudad. Clemency Shaw, la esposa de un prominete doctor, ha muerto en un incendio. Pero el inspector Pitt tiene dudas sobre el origen del mismo, y, junto a su astuta esposa Charlotte, deberá recorrer una intrincada y siniestra red de pistas y personajes que van desde los más bajos fondos de la sociedad victoriana hasta los más selectos centros de poder...
Chantaje en Belgrave Square
- 434 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
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.
The Hyde Park Headsman
- 343 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Investigating a series of brutal murders that remind Londoners of Jack the Ripper, police superintendent Thomas Pitt and his investigative partner and wife Charlotte uncover a shocking set of clues that are linked to an elusive killer. Reprint.
Ashworth Hall
- 373 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
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. . . .
La amenaza de Bedford Square
- 400 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
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 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel: Half Moon Street
- 311 páginas
- 11 horas de lectura
For superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable. He lies in a battered punt drifting through the morning mist, his arms and legs chained to the boat's sides. He is clad in a torn green gown and flowers bestrew his battered body.Pitt's determined search for answers to the victim's identity leads him deep into London's bohemia to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman--and into studios where masters of light and shadow are experimenting with the fascinating new art of photography. But only Pitt's most relentless pursuit enables him to identify the wildfire passions raging through this tragedy of good and evil, to hunt down the guilty and protect theinnocent.
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.
Southampton Row
- 416 páginas
- 15 horas de lectura
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...
Los Secretos de Connaught Square
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Millions of readers adore the work of a New York Times bestselling author who transports them to the vibrant age of Victoria, a time when the wealthy elite sought to amass even greater fortunes. Amidst the opulence, Englishwomen adorned society, while the plight of the poor in London's slums was largely ignored by the aristocracy. However, a shocking murder disrupts this facade of security. On a gray September morning, Thomas Pitt of Her Majesty’s Special Branch is called to a Connaught Square mansion where a junior diplomat's body is discovered in a wheelbarrow. The prime suspect is the beautiful and infamous Egyptian woman, Ayesha Zakhari, who is linked to senior cabinet minister Saville Ryerson. Pitt's orders from Prime Minister Gladstone are clear: protect Ryerson’s reputation at all costs. As Pitt investigates, he uncovers a web of intrigue that spans from Egyptian cotton fields to Manchester mills, revealing the victim's questionable past. With Ayesha and Saville's fates hanging in the balance, the tension escalates in a packed courtroom at the Old Bailey. As the trial unfolds, Pitt races against time to unravel the truth before the hangman’s noose tightens.
Long Spoon Lane (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 24)
- 384 páginas
- 14 horas de lectura
The twenty-fourth breathtaking mystery from master of crime Anne Perry
Un crimen en Buckingham Palace
- 350 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Betrayal at Lisson Grove (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 26)
- 438 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
The next thrilling instalment of Anne Perry's acclaimed Inspector Thomas Pitt series
“[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
Midnight at Marble Arch
- 368 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
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.
Death on Blackheath
- 336 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
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
Murder on the Serpentine
- 336 páginas
- 12 horas de lectura
Praise for Anne Perry: 'There is a freshness about [Perry's] writing which makes it truly exceptional and I was gripped until the final page. Death on Blackheath was one of the best books I've read this year and I cannot recommend it highly enough' Eurocrime
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