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Midnight at marble arch

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they want, leaving others to pay the price. The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation. Yet even with the help of his ingenious wife, Charlotte, and his former superior, Victor Narraway, Pitt is stumped. Why did high-minded, cultured Catherine choose not to accompany her husband to a grand party on the night of her demise? Why did she dismiss all her servants for the evening and leave ...

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  • "It is 1896, and Thomas Pitt is in charge of Special Branch. He is beginning to understand the power he now commands, but is still ill at ease at the glittering events he and his wife Charlotte must attend. During a lavish party at the Spanish Embassy, a policeman breaks into Pitt's conversation with investor Rawdon Quixwood to break the terrible news that Quixwood's wife, Catherine, has been viciously assaulted at their home, and left for dead. Worse still, it appears that the assailant was someone she had trusted as she opened the door to the attacker herself."
  • "The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation. Yet even with the help of his wife, Charlotte, and his former superior, Victor Narraway, Pitt is stumped. Why did high-minded, cultured Catherine choose not to accompany her husband to a grand party on the night of her demise? What had been her relationship with the young man seen frequently by her side at concerts and art exhibits?"
  • ""En esta nueva aventura de Charlotte y Thomas Pitt magnificamente realizado, Anne Perry nos lleva bajo la superficie de la sociedad victoriana acomodada en un mundo de pesadilla de miedo e intimidacion, donde las mujeres son demasiado a menudo culpadas de los ataques violentos contra ellas, y los hombres poderosos toman lo que quieren, dejando a los demas que paguen el precio."--Amazon"
  • ""Will Pitt be able to uncover the unspeakable truth behind two women's deaths?" -- Cover."
  • "NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they want, leaving others to pay the price. The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation. Yet even with the help of his ingenious wife, Charlotte, and his former superior, Victor Narraway, Pitt is stumped. Why did high-minded, cultured Catherine choose not to accompany her husband to a grand party on the night of her demise? Why did she dismiss all her servants for the evening and leave ..."@en
  • "It is 1896, and Thomas Pitt is in charge of Special Branch. He is beginning to understand the power he now commands, but is still ill at ease at the glittering events he and his wife Charlotte must attend. During a lavish party at the Spanish Embassy, a policeman breaks into Pitt's conversation with investor Rawdon Quixwood to break the terrible news that Quixwood's wife, Catherine, has been viciously assaulted at their home, and left for dead. Worse still, it appears that the assailant was someone she had trusted as she opened the door to the attacker herself. At the same party, Charlotte sees Angeles Castelbranco, an ambassador's daughter, flinch in fear at the teasing of some young men. A few days later, she flees from the same group and, in her terror, falls from a window - what could have caused her to take that fatal step? Pitt and his friend Victor Narraway vow to uncover the unspoken truth behind these two women's deaths. But as they investigate, deception and violence get ever nearer and danger is only ever one step away..."
  • "When the bodies of two high-profile women are discovered, bearing signs of rape, and an innocent man is accused of the crime, Thomas Pitt's quest for the truth forces him to play a dangerous game of international politics and murder."@en
  • "When the bodies of two high-profile women are discovered, bearing signs of rape, and an innocent man is accused of the crime, Thomas Pitt's quest for the truth forces him to play a dangerous game of international politics and murder."
  • "Auf den Spuren eines unmenschlichen Verbrechens London 1896: Die Ehefrau eines angesehenen Bankiers wird in ihrem Privathaus am Eaton Square vergewaltigt und ermordet. Wenige Tage darauf flüchtet die Tochter eines Botschafters panisch vor einem jungen Mann, und es kommt zur Katastrophe. Thomas Pitt, Chef des Geheimdienstes, ermittelt in beiden Fällen und erkennt schliesslich einen grausigen Zusammenhang. Die Engländerin Anne Perry, 1938 in London geboren, verbrachte einen Teil ihrer Jugend in Neuseeland und auf den Bahamas. Schon früh begann sie zu schreiben. Ihre historischen Kriminalromane zeichnen ein lebendiges Bild des spätviktorianischen England und begeistern ein Millionenpublikum. Anne Perry lebt und schreibt in Schottland. Mehr zur Autorin und ihren Büchern erfahren Sie unter www.anneperry.co.uk."

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  • "Large type books"
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Online-Publikation"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "Medianoche en Marble Arch"@es
  • "Medianoche en Marble Arch"
  • "Midnight at Marble Arch : A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel"
  • "Midnight at marble arch"
  • "Midnight at marble arch"@en
  • "Midnight at Marble Arch a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel"@en
  • "Tod am Eaton Square Ein Thomas-Pitt-Roman"
  • "Midnight at Marble Arch"
  • "Midnight at Marble Arch"@en
  • "Midnight at Marble Arch : a Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel"
  • "Tod am Eaton Square : ein Thomas-Pitt-Roman"

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