Belgrave Square

Description:

When low-life moneylender William Weems is found murdered, there are few to mourn his passing. But when Inspector Pitt finds a list containing the names of some of London's most distinguished gentlemen in the murdered man's office, he recognizes the smell of blackmail. Fortunately, Pitt's clever, well-born wife, Charlotte has entree into London's best society. And at glittering balls and over gossipy teas, she observes a world of passion, power, and greed, that is closed to police inspection...

subjects: Pitt, thomas (fictitious character), fiction,  Pitt, charlotte (fictitious character), fiction,  England, fiction,  London (england), fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  Fiction, historical, general,  Women detectives,  Detective and mystery stories,  Police,  Police spouses,  Charlotte Pitt (Fictitious character),  Fiction,  Thomas Pitt (Fictitious character),  Detectives,  Mystery and detective stories,  Large type books,  Social life and customs,  Fiction, historical,  Kriminalfall,  Oberschicht,  Belletristische Darstellung

People: Thomas Pitt,  Charlotte Pitt

Places: England,  London,  London (England)

Times: 19th century,  Geschichte 1895