Belgrave Square, Paperback/Anne Perry

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When an obscure moneylender named William Weems is murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, there are no mourners and there is more than a little discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he so mercilessly devoured. Yet when Inspector Pitt finds in the murdered man s office a list containing the names of some of London s most distinguished gentlemen, he begins to realize the magnitude of his duty. William Weems, it transpires, was no common usurer but a vicious blackmailer. Fortunately, Pitt s clever, well-born wife, Charlotte, has entree to London s best society. Her insights prove to be invaluable to Pitt s investigation as she observes, at glittering balls and over gossipy tea tables, a world of passion, power, and greed that the police are seldom permitted to see."