New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry enters the Edwardian era, and inaugurates an all-new series, as Thomas and Charlotte Pitt’s son carries on his family’s distinguished mystery-solving tradition.
1910: Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister in London and eager to prove himself, independent of his renowned detective father’s influence. And the new case before him will be the test. When his client, arrogant biographer Russell Graves, is found guilty of murdering his wife, Daniel is dispatched by his superior to find the real killer before Graves faces the hangman’s noose—in only twenty-one days.
Could the violent death have anything to do with Graves’s profession? Someone in power may be framing the biographer to keep damaging secrets from coming to light. It is a theory that leads Daniel’s investigation unexpectedly to London’s Special Branch—and disturbingly, to one of his father’s closest colleagues.
Caught between duty to the law and a fierce desire to protect his family, Daniel must call on his keen intellect—and trust his natural instincts—to find the truth in a tangle of dark deception. Lest an innocent man swing for another’s heinous crime.
PRAISE FOR ANNE PERRY’S MOST RECENT
CHARLOTTE AND THOMAS PITT NOVELS
Murder on the Serpentine
"Blackmail, double agents, illicit weapon sales and the stench of treason arm this novel with the power to entertain as well as enlighten readers on matters of history, crime-solving and devotion to queen and family."—The Washington Post
Treachery at Lancaster Gate
"A story that is as exciting and tense as it is revealing and thought-provoking."—Yorkshire Evening Post
The Angel Court Affair
"Perry melds the intellectual debates of the day with a suspenseful plot line."—Publishers Weekly
Death on Blackheath
"Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining . . . The period detail is beautifully done, and realistic characters and tense action are woven seamlessly together."—Historical Novels Review
Midnight at Marble Arch
"Sweeping and scandalous . . . Perry has perfected a delicate touch."—The New York Times Book Review