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Bethlehem Road

by Anne Perry · 1990

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The gentleman tied to the lamppost on Westminster Bridge is most elegantly attired — fresh boutonniere, silk hat, white evening scarf — and he is quite, quite dead, as a result of his thoroughly cut throat.

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Why should anyone kill Sir Lockwood Hamilton, that kindest of family men and most conscientious member of Parliament? Before Inspector Thomas Pitt can even speculate on the reasons, a colleague of Sir Lockwood's meets the same fate in the same spot.

Public indignation is boundless, and clever Charlotte Pitt, Thomas's well-born wife, can't resist helping her hard-pressed husband, scouting society's drawing rooms for clues to these appalling crimes. Meanwhile, the Westminster Bridge Cutthroat stalks still another victim ...

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medium · 313 pages

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