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When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gather at a country house to discuss Irish home rule, contention is to be expected. But when the meeting's moderator, government bigwig Ainsley Greville, is found murdered in his bath, negotiations seem doomed. To make matters worse, it appears the late Greville may have led a less than savory personal life.
Unless Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, can root out the truth, simmering hatreds and passions may again explode in murder,... (show more)
When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gather at a country house to discuss Irish home rule, contention is to be expected. But when the meeting's moderator, government bigwig Ainsley Greville, is found murdered in his bath, negotiations seem doomed. To make matters worse, it appears the late Greville may have led a less than savory personal life.
Unless Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, can root out the truth, simmering hatreds and passions may again explode in murder, the home rule movement may collapse, and civil war may destroy all of Ireland. . . . (show less)
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All of Anne Perry's are a wonderful read. The stories progress w/the characters. You do get to find out what happens next day, next year w/her characters. Love them all.
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I bought this a long time ago, after having rampaged through the several preceding books. For some reason when they moved the setting outside of London, it threw me for a loop and I thought I wasn't interested any more. However, I finally picked it up again and alas for my pocketbook (because I will now want to read the subsequent ones), I liked it! I think early on the exposition of the plot, all in conversation, was rather dense--I had to keep going back to page 10 (I think it was) where... (show more)
I bought this a long time ago, after having rampaged through the several preceding books. For some reason when they moved the setting outside of London, it threw me for a loop and I thought I wasn't interested any more. However, I finally picked it up again and alas for my pocketbook (because I will now want to read the subsequent ones), I liked it! I think early on the exposition of the plot, all in conversation, was rather dense--I had to keep going back to page 10 (I think it was) where they explained who of several characters was on which side of a particular political question (usually I don't have to do such things, and certainly not with her earlier works!). After that, it picked up, and I really liked the development of a couple of secondary continuing characters (won't spoil you about why). (show less)
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