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In "Pentecost Alley," a routine homicide of prostitute Ada McKinley in London’s grim back streets turns into a high‑stakes investigation when police discover a Hellfire Club badge bearing Finlay Fitzjames’s name under her body. Fitzjames’s influential father dismisses the possibility that his son could have been involved, directing the case away from his son. Determined not to be intimidated, Superintendent Thomas Pitt, with the support of his sharp‑witted wife Charlotte and her network of friends, digs deeper. As the clues lead through London’s labyrinthine alleys, their inquiry challenges entrenched power and uncovers corruption, all while their partnership is tested.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Anne Perry
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