Rutland Place: A Charlotte And Thomas Pitt Novel (The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels #5)

By: Anne Perry

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Synopsis: A mystery set in Victorian England by the New York Times–bestselling author whose &“novels attain the societal sweep of Trollope or Thackeray&” (Booklist, starred review). When her mother asks her help in finding a lost locket with a compromising picture, neither Charlotte Pitt, nor her mother, has any idea that the locket may be at the center of a bizarre chain of events leading to murder. Arriving at her mother&’s home at Rutland Place, Charlotte discovers that other residents of the exclusive neighborhood have also suffered similar small thefts. It all appears quite mild as crimes go—a light-fingered servant, perhaps. That is, until Mina Spencer-Brown, a woman known for her prying, is poisoned and dies. Inspector Thomas Pitt quickly surmises that Mina&’s snooping might have led to her murder, but what secrets had she stumbled upon? And whose? As Pitt patiently struggles to break down the protective silence of high-born neighbors, Charlotte works behind the closed doors of society&’s drawing rooms to help unravel a mystery that reveals sordid secrets and the chilling, dark corners of human behavior.