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Anne Perry’s bestselling Victorian novels offer readers an elixir as addictively rich as Devonshire cream or English ale–enticing millions into a literary world almost as real as the original. While flower sellers, costermongers, shopkeepers, and hansom drivers ply their trades, the London police watch over all. Or so people believe. . . .
Early one morning, Thomas Pitt, dauntless mainstay of the Special Branch, is summoned to Long Spoon Lane, where anarchists are plotting an attack. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poor people. After a chase, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom?
As Pitt delves into the case, he finds that there is more to the terrorism than the destructive gestures of misguided idealists. The police are running a lucrative protection racket, and clues suggest that Inspector Wetron of Bow Street is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to whip up fears of more attacks–and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. This would make him the most powerful man in the country.
To defeat Wetron, Pitt finds that he must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey, and the unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. Can they prevail? As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.
From the first sentence to the last, Long Spoon Lane is a miracle of suspense, of plot and counterplot, bluff and counterbluff, in a take-no-prisoners battle between good and evil. It is possibly the very best of all the wonderful Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels.
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Early one morning, Thomas Pitt, dauntless mainstay of the Special Branch, is summoned to Long Spoon Lane, where anarchists are plotting an attack. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poor people. After a chase, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom?
As Pitt delves into the case, he finds that there is more to the terrorism than the destructive gestures of misguided idealists. The police are running a lucrative protection racket, and clues suggest that Inspector Wetron of Bow Street is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to whip up fears of more attacks–and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. This would make him the most powerful man in the country.
To defeat Wetron, Pitt finds that he must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey, and the unlikely allies are joined by Pitt’s clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. Can they prevail? As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.
From the first sentence to the last, Long Spoon Lane is a miracle of suspense, of plot and counterplot, bluff and counterbluff, in a take-no-prisoners battle between good and evil. It is possibly the very best of all the wonderful Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels.
From the Hardcover edition.
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"Perry's as good as it gets. . . . The final courtroom scene produces more victims and left me breathless."
-"Providence Journal"
"Terrific, vivid stuff . . . The alarmingly prolific Anne Perry [is] a master of the genre."
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"No matter which series she's writing about, Perry is really exploring issues of guilt and redemption, widening her scope to a global scale that gives her much more than just nineteenth-century London to worry about."
-"The Boston Globe"
"Perry has an undeniable knack for suspense . . . and her re-creation of the Victorian era is engrossing."
-"Omaha World-Herald"
"From the Hardcover edition."
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"Intricately layered . . . The visual panorama is voluptuous to behold."
-"The New York Times Book Review"
"Perry's as good as it gets. . . . The final courtroom scene produces more victims and left me breathless."
-"Providence Journal"
"Terrific, vivid stuff . . . The alarmingly prolific Anne Perry [is] a master of the genre."
-"The Seattle Times
"
"No matter which series she's writing about, Perry is really exploring issues of guilt and redemption, widening her scope to a global scale that gives her much more than just nineteenth-century London to worry about."
-"The Boston Globe"
"Perry has an undeniable knack for suspense . . . and her re-creation of the Victorian era is engrossing."
-"Omaha World-Herald"
"From the Hardcover edition."
"Elegant . . . The clear parallels [Perry] draws to current political issues are persuasive--and chilling."--"The New York Times Book Review
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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"
""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"
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"Engrossing . . . a convincing historical backdrop with echoes of modern-day fears.""--Publishers Weekly"
Elegant . . . The clear parallels [Perry] draws to current political issues are persuasive and chilling. "The New York Times Book Review
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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"
"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""
"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
-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
Anne Perry has pulled out all the stops for this breathtaking tale of passion, principle and skulduggery, written with her unrivalled skill at evoking the world of Victorian England
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