Long Spoon Lane: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel (Paperback)

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By Anne Perry
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This is book number 24 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.

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“[Anne] Perry has once again delivered the tasty concoction her readers have come to expect . . . and presents us with moral and political puzzles that are all too close to our own.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review 

After bombs explode during an anarchist attack in Long Spoon Lane, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom? As Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch delves into the case, he finds that there’s more to the terrorism than the brutality of misguided idealists. Clues suggest that Inspector Wetron is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to stir up fears of more attacks and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. To defeat Wetron, Pitt must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey. The unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.

About the Author

Anne Perry was the bestselling author of two acclaimed series set in Victorian England: the William Monk novels and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels. She was also the author of a series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt's son, Daniel, as well as the Elena Standish series; a series of five World War I novels; twenty-one holiday novels; and a historical novel, The Sheen on the Silk, set in the Byzantine Empire. Anne Perry died in 2023.

Praise For…

“Elegant . . . The clear parallels [Perry] draws to current political issues are persuasive—and chilling.”—The New York Times Book Review

“[Anne] Perry has once again delivered the tasty concoction her readers have come to expect . . . and presents us with moral and political puzzles that are all too close to our own.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review

“Long Spoon Lane is one of [Perry’s] best.”—The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer.”
 
“[Readers] will appreciate the cleverly orchestrated political machinations as much as the personal agendas.”—Booklist
 
“Engrossing . . . a convincing historical backdrop with echoes of modern-day fears.”—Publishers Weekly



Product Details
ISBN: 9780345523723
ISBN-10: 0345523725
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Publication Date: October 4th, 2011
Pages: 336
Language: English
Series: Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
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