Half Moon Street (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 20)
«'Master storyteller Anne Perry moves closer to Dickens as she lifts the lace curtain from Victorian society to reveal its shocking secrets' Sharyn McCrumb»
The twentieth mystery in the bestselling Inspector Pitt series, by the master storyteller of Victorian society, Anne Perry Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Headline Book Publishing
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 416
- ISBN
- 9780747262329
- Utgivelsesår
- 2001
- Format
- 18 x 12 cm
Anmeldelser
«'Master storyteller Anne Perry moves closer to Dickens as she lifts the lace curtain from Victorian society to reveal its shocking secrets' Sharyn McCrumb»
«'A complex plot supported by superb storytelling...and William Monk, a contender for the post of Most Original Investigator in recent fiction' Scotland on Sunday»
«A complex plot supported by superb storytelling»
Scotland on Sunday
«'Ms Perry fashions a Victorian story with the sophisticated characterisation and psychological suspense that are everyday tools of the contemporary writer...the result is first rate' New York Times Book Review»
«'Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is peopled with wonderfully memorable characters' Faye Kellerman»
«'[A] surpassingly excellent historical and psychologically intricate mystery' Publishers Weekly»
«'Beautifully crafted' Cosmopolitan»
«'Perry's narrative is as stately and elegant as a royal barge on the Thames...with a final courtroom confrontation that's a humdinger' Washington Post Book World»
«'The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well-written' Guardian»
«'Anne Perry continues to weave her beguiling spell, combining an adroitly plotted murder mystery and a lamentable social evil. Her Victorian mysteries have all the requisite scene-setting atmosphere and even a leavening of Dickens' social comnscience... Perry at her accomplished best' Crime Time»
«'A splendidly plotted yarn' Publishers Weekly»
«Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil, and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens' eyes pop out»
New York Times Book Review
«Beautifully crafted»
Cosmopolitan
«'The Troubles perfectly suit Perry's gift for rooting large-scale social conflict in the minutiae of domestic intrigue' Kirkus Reviews»
«Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is peopled with wonderfully memorable characters»
Faye Kellerman
«'Perry's narrative is as statley and elegant as a royal barge on the Thames' Washington Post»
«The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well-written»
Guardian