The Whitechapel Conspiracy Author:Anne Perry Four cassettes, 6 hrs. — performance by David McCallum — This twenty-first novel in the Thomas Pitt series takes place in 1892. It begins with a trial in which Pitt's testimony results in the conviction of a wealthy and important man, John Adinett, for the murder of Martin Fetters, a distinguished antiquarian who was his friend though no motive ca... more »n be found and Adinett denies the crime. Adinett's friends in high places, the powerful Inner Circle, exert pressure. Pitt is removed from his position as Superintendent of the Bow Street Station and transferred to the Special Branch in the East End of London, a clandestine force that is mysterious even to Pitt's boss, Assistant Commissioner Cornwallis. Implicit in his assignment is the requirement that he work undercover in a factory and live, away from Charlotte and the children, in Whitechapel, one of the worst slums in the East End. Charlotte with the help of Pitt's former sergeant begins to uncover evidence of a political conspiracy. that will explain why Adinett killed Fetters. In Whitechapel, Pitt becomes involved in the investigation of other murders, and another conspiracy, connected perhaps to the people around the prince of Wales. The ending is shocking and violent« less