Highgate Rise

Description:

Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire. But whether the blaze was set by an arsonist aiming for the doctor, or set by the doctor himself, Inspector Thomas Pitt isn't certain. With the scarcity of clues, Pitt turns to Clemency's stuffy, but distinguished, relatives. Meanwhile, Pitt's wellborn wife, Charlotte, retraces the dangerous path that Clemency walked the last months of her life, and finds herself enmeshed in a sinister web that stretches from the lowest slums to the loftiest centers of power....

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

People: Charlotte Pitt,  Thomas Pitt

Places: England,  London,  London (England)