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Silencio en Hanover Close / Silence in Hanover Close (Spanish Edition) (original 1988; edition 2007)

by Anne Perry (Author), Jordi Gimenez Samanes (Translator)

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Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this "gripping and highly satisfying" entry in the New York Timesâ??bestselling Victorian mystery series (Publishers Weekly).
At the behest of his superior, Thomas Pitt reopens a case gone cold. Three years prior, Robert York, an important member of the British Foreign Office, was murdered in his home in London's exclusive Hanover Close. Pitt has been advised to handle the situation with the utmost discretion, given the compromising circumstances of the crime: a distinguished victim from a powerful family, whispered rumors of treason, and the unimpeachable reputation of the widow, whose imminent marriage to a high-level diplomat could be cause for concern.

One of Pitt's first leads, a York family housemaid, seems innocent enough, but shortly after his interrogation, the woman is found dead. To make matters worse, Pitt is accused of the crime and thrown into prison. Now, only Charlotte and her recently widowed sister, Emily, Lady Ashworth, stand between one of Victorian England's most adept private investigators and the gallows.

From the upstairs drawing rooms to the servants' downstairs quarters, Charlotte and Emily play a deadly gameâ??and it may be only a matter of time before a killer gets the best of both of them
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Title:Silencio en Hanover Close / Silence in Hanover Close (Spanish Edition)
Authors:Anne Perry (Author)
Other authors:Jordi Gimenez Samanes (Translator)
Info:Debolsillo (2007), Edition: Translation, 425 pages
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In 1884, a burglary at the home of Robert York, of the Foreign Office, results in him being killed. Now three years later Inspector Pitt as been told to open up the investigation again. But what is the real rason why. Was it just murder, or was treason involved, and if by whom. His wife Charlotte and her sister Emily help in the case.
A bit too much vernacular, but still another entertaining story in this series. ( )
  Vesper1931 | Jul 29, 2021 |
declining Victorian series, 3 yer old murder hinges on tranvestism and boring repetition of Victorian morals etc.
  ritaer | Apr 22, 2020 |
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. ( )
  kaulsu | Mar 25, 2015 |
Some really nice twists in this book that captured my interest - used the characters of Emily, Charlotte, Pitt and Caroline (Emily & Charlotte's mother) very well. ( )
  olegalCA | Dec 9, 2014 |
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. ( )
  sansmerci | May 22, 2014 |
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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).
At the behest of his superior, Thomas Pitt reopens a case gone cold. Three years prior, Robert York, an important member of the British Foreign Office, was murdered in his home in London's exclusive Hanover Close. Pitt has been advised to handle the situation with the utmost discretion, given the compromising circumstances of the crime: a distinguished victim from a powerful family, whispered rumors of treason, and the unimpeachable reputation of the widow, whose imminent marriage to a high-level diplomat could be cause for concern.

One of Pitt's first leads, a York family housemaid, seems innocent enough, but shortly after his interrogation, the woman is found dead. To make matters worse, Pitt is accused of the crime and thrown into prison. Now, only Charlotte and her recently widowed sister, Emily, Lady Ashworth, stand between one of Victorian England's most adept private investigators and the gallows.

From the upstairs drawing rooms to the servants' downstairs quarters, Charlotte and Emily play a deadly gameâ??and it may be only a matter of time before a killer gets the best of both of them

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When Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case that had taken place in London’s luxurious Hanover Close, he is all too aware that his superiors want him to simply smooth things over. But penetrating the reserve of high society households will take more finesse than Pitt can muster. Enter Charlotte Pitt, his wellborn wife, and her sister, Emily. As the social equals of the inhabitants of the Close, the women are privy to conversations that would never reach the ears of a mere policeman. What they find is a secret so shocking it will lead to more deaths—including, quite possibly, Pitt’s own.
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