![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to whip up fears of more attacks - and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. The police are running a lucrative protection racket, and clues suggest that Inspector Wetron of Bow Street is the mastermind. but by whom?Īs Pitt delves into the case, he finds that there is more to the terrorism than the destructive gestures of misguided idealists. After a chase, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot. Bombs explode, destroying the homes of many poor people. Or so people believe.Įarly one morning, Thomas Pitt, dauntless mainstay of the Special Branch, is summoned to Long Spoon Lane, where anarchists are plotting an attack. While flower sellers, costermongers, shopkeepers, and hansom drivers ply their trades, the London police watch over all. Anne Perry's best-selling Victorian novels offer readers an elixir as addictively rich as Devonshire cream and English ale - enticing millions into a literary world almost as real as the original. ![]()
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