Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 334 more book reviews

A new Thomas & Charlotte Pitt mystery is like visiting again with an old and dear friend, and this latest installment quite lived up to my expectations. Special Branch is called in to Buckingham Palace to avert a scandal - the Prince of Wales has been entertaining four guests to discuss plans to build a railway across Africa, and after a night of decadence, a prostitute is found in the linen closet, throat slashed and disemboweled. Pitt soon realizes the murderer must be one of the distinguished party, and the situation is fraught with political landmines. Desperate to solve the horrifying crime before the Queen arrives back from her holiday, Pitt enlists his maid Gracie's assistance as an undercover agent with the palace help. Although I was a tad disappointed not to have his wife Charlotte and her Aunt Vespasia involved in this story as they usually are, the development in Gracie's character quite made up for it, and it is another stellar addition to a brilliant series.

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