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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100449219615

ISBN-139780449219614

eBay Product ID (ePID)407864

Product Key Features

Book TitleFarriers' Lane

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General, Historical, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

Publication Year1994

GenreFiction

AuthorAnne Perry

Book SeriesThomas Pitt Ser.

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight7.7 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN92-054390

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"[A] devious affair of passion and political intrigue in Victorian London."- The New York Times Book Review "Gripping and intense . . . [Anne Perry's] characters are authentically and appealingly drawn, and her plot is sinister."- Booklist "Riveting . . . [a] convincing look at the seamy side of Victorian life."- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better."- The San Diego Union-Tribune "Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer."- Seattle Weekly From the Trade Paperback edition., "[A] devious affair of passion and political intrigue in Victorian London."- The New York Times Book Review "Gripping and intense . . . [Anne Perry's] characters are authentically and appealingly drawn, and her plot is sinister."- Booklist "Riveting . . . [a] convincing look at the seamy side of Victorian life."- Publishers Weekly "When it comes to the Victorian mystery, Anne Perry has proved that nobody does it better."- The San Diego Union-Tribune "Perry is a forceful plotter and a consistently polished writer."- Seattle Weekly

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Synopsis"Gripping and intense...Her characters are authentically and appealingly drawn, and her plot is sinister." BOOKLIST When a distinguished judge dies of opium poisoning, the crucifixion five years before of Kingsley Blaine is brought back into the public eye, and it is screaming for revenge. The police had arrested a Jewish actor, who was soon condemend to hang. Police Inspector Thomas Pitt, investigating the judge's death, is drawn into the sensational murder, because it appears the judge was about to reopen the earlier case. He receives curiously little help from his colleagues on the force, but his wife, Charlotte, gleans from her social engagements startling insights into the women in both cases. And slowly both Thomas and Charlotte begin to reach the same sinister and deeply dangerous truth.... SELECTED BY THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB