The Hyde Park Headsman

by Anne Perry

Charlotte & Thomas Pitt (14)

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Not since the bloody deeds of Jack the Ripper have Londoners felt such terror as that aroused by the gruesome beheadings in Hyde Park. And if newly promoted Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt does not quickly apprehend the perpetrator, he is likely to lose his own head, professionally speaking. Yet even with the help of Charlotte Pitts subtle investigation, the sinister violence continues unchecked. And in a shocking turn of events that nearly convinces the pair of sleuths that they have met show more their match, the case proves to be Pitts toughest ever. show less

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Inspector Thomas Pitt's promotion to Superintendent and the resultant pressures and predicaments differentiate this from the average Charlotte & Thomas Pitt mystery. The gruesome, high-publicity murder case was interesting, and I found the domestic and political elements added, rather than detracted, from the story. Well-paced and plotted.
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Victorian murder mystery. Beheadings. Fantastical and slightly ott. Thomas is a Superintendent and doesn't particularly like delegating the work to resentful others.
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A thoroughly satisfying mystery!
Una serie de sanguinarias decapitaciones ocurridas en Hyde Park provocan el pánico en la sociedad londinense. El recuerdo de las macabras hazañas de Jack el Destripador todavía está muy fresco en la memoria colectiva. Naturalmente, el espinoso caso recae en el recién ascendido superintendente Pitt, y si no lo resuelve en un breve plazo es más que probable que eso le cueste también a él la cabeza, profesionalmente hablando, Pero ni siquiera las sutiles pesquisas de su esposa Charlotte arrojan luz sobre los siniestros sucesos, ¿Conseguirá Pitt disipar las brumas del Londres victoriano para ver la luz en uno de sus casos más difíciles y electrizantes?
Londres n'est pas encore remis des crimes commis par Jack l'Eventreur quand un nouveau meurtrier en série commence à sévir dans Hyde Park. Intrigues politiques alors que les élections du Parlement approchent et drames familiaux se succèdent. Une nouvelle enquête de Thomas Pitt qui joue sa place récemment acquise de commissaire. Même si le schéma se répète de roman en roman et que l'histoire est moins surprenante que dans certains, on se laisse prendre par une intrigue bien menée.
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Desde los hechos sangrientos de Jack el Destripador, los londinenses no habían sentido tanto terror como el que despertaron las espantosas decapitaciones en Hyde Park. Y si el superintendente de policía recién ascendido, Thomas Pitt, no detiene rápidamente al perpetrador, es probable que pierda la cabeza, profesionalmente hablando.

Sin embargo, incluso con la ayuda de la sutil investigación de Charlotte Pitt, la siniestra violencia continúa sin control. Y en un sorprendente giro de los acontecimientos que casi convence al par de detectives de que han encontrado a su pareja, el caso resulta ser el más difícil de Pitt.

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Anne Perry was born Juliet Hume on October 28, 1938 in Blackheath, London. Sent to Christchurch, New Zealand to recover from a childhood case of severe pneumonia, she became very close friends with another girl, Pauline Parker. When Perry's family abandoned her, she had only Parker to turn to, and when the Parkers planned to move from New Zealand, show more Parker asked that Perry be allowed to join them. When Parker's mother disagreed, Perry and Parker bludgeoned her to death. Perry eventually served five and a half years in an adult prison for the crime. Once she was freed, she changed her name and moved to America, where she eventually became a writer. Her first Victorian novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published in 1979. Although the truth of her past came out when the case of Mrs. Parker's murder was made into a movie (Heavenly Creatures), Perry is still a popular author and continues to write. She has written over 50 books and short story collections including the Thomas Pitt series, the William Monk series, and the Daniel Pitt series. Her story, Heroes, won the 2001 Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Her title's Blind Justice and The Angel Court Affair made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Fiction and Literature, Mystery, Historical Fiction
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823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
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PR6066 .E693 .H9Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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