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Loading... Silencio en Hanover Close / Silence in Hanover Close (Spanish Edition) (original 1988; edition 2007)by Anne Perry (Author), Jordi Gimenez Samanes (Translator)
Work InformationSilence in Hanover Close by Anne Perry (1988)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The pages continued to turn, although the plot was not especially riveting. Still, I didnt get bored as I sometimes do. The wealthy class awakening to the plight of others was more pronounced in this book. Charlotte, a step removed from her tonnish upbringing, is startled to realize her maid's threadbare nightclothes. Emily, thinking to marry an impecunious man whom she loves, finds herself surprised at that...and then learns first-hand how little time the servant-class has to themselves. Even Pitt, himself, learns that the degradation of prison life doesn't fully destroy the humanity of the prison-class. While I usually enjoy the Pitt mysteries, this installment fell really flat for me. The premise is pretty okay--Pitt has to reopen an old unsolved case in which a member of the Foreign Office was killed in his home: was it a burglary gone wrong or something more sinister? Following the thread ends up with Pitt in his own trouble. This seems good, but I just could not swallow some of the plot lines. Not one but two members of Pitt's family go undercover, the motive(s) aren't well justified, and the explanation of the murder was unsatisfying to me. There are so many problems with continuity or believability that I could not believe this was from the same series I have enjoyed in so many previous volumes. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher SeriesIl giallo [Mondadori] (2190) Heyne Allgemeine Reihe (8743)
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this "gripping and highly satisfying" entry in the New York Timesâ??bestselling Victorian mystery series (Publishers Weekly). No library descriptions found.
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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A bit too much vernacular, but still another entertaining story in this series. ( )