Ballantine Book
2002 Hardback First US Edition
165x240, 326 pages
ISBN: 034544003x
F/F
POSTAGE INCLUDED
This book is in near new, unread condition. This is the US first edition with deckeled edging and high quality paper. very fine looking book
In Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered, not to solve a crime, but to prevent a national disaster. The aristocratic Tory candidate--and Pitt's archenemy--is Charles Voisey. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife's dalliance with spiritualism threatens his chances. Indeed, she is one of the participants in a late-night seance that becomes the swan song of a stylish clairvoyant who is found brutally murdered the next morning in her house on Southampton Row. Meanwhile, Pitt's wife, Charlotte, and their children are enjoying a country vacation--unaware that they, too, are deeply endangered by the same fanatical forces hovering over the steadfast Pitt. . . .
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 30 July, 2007.
