Three Debts Paid is the fifth gripping instalment in an exciting new generation of Pitt novels from the pen of highly acclaimed crime writer and New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry.It is February 1912 when barrister Daniel Pitt is reunited with his old college friend,Inspector Ian Frobisher. Following allegations of plagiarism,one of their Cambridge University professors has committed an assault,and Ian has recommended that Daniel defends him.Meanwhile,Daniel's dear friend Miriam fford Croft has returned to London as a newly qualified forensic pathologist and is working with eccentric Dr Evelyn Hall. On Daniel's first visit to the morgue,he is shocked to find Miriam examining the mutilated body of a young woman and,what's worse,it is being compared to another corpse bearing identical wounds. As rumours spread of a serial killer,nicknamed'the rainy-day slasher',stalking the streets of London,Daniel hears that Ian Frobisher is in charge of the case.So begins the harrowing pursuit of a brutal murderer whose killing spree is far from over...
Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupISBN: 9781472275271Number of pages: 336Weight: 180 gDimensions: 176 x 110 x 24 mm
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One of her most teasing mysteries,this time with a courtroom finale that may be her strongest everA truly unusual mysteryElegantly constructed and nail-bitingly tenseEngrossing...The book gallops to a dramatic conclusionThere is a freshness about (Perry's) writing which makes it truly exceptionalAnne Perry's Victorian mysteries are marvels of plot construction
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