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Southampton Row

In Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered not to solve a crime but to prevent a national disaster. The aristocratic Tory candidate — and Pitt’s archenemy — is Charles Voisey. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife’s dalliance with spiritualism threatens his chances. Indeed, she is one of the participants in a late-night séance that becomes the swan song of a stylish clairvoyant who is found brutally murdered the next morning in her house on Southampton Row. Meanwhile, Pitt’s wife, Charlotte, and their children are enjoying a country vacation — unaware that they, too, are deeply endangered by the same fanatical forces hovering over the steadfast Pitt.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 326
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780345440037
  • Characters
  • Isadora Underhill
  • Settings
  • London, England
  • Genres
  • mystery, fiction, historical, victorian, crime, adult
  • Release date
  • 2002