Anne Perryxs acclaimed Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels have made Londonxs exclusive world of wealth and power an addictive literary destination for listeners everywhere This masterpiece a haunting story of love and treason invites us not only into the secret places of Britainxs power but also into the innermost sanctums of the fin de sixEcle Austro-Hungarian Empire Thomas Pitt once a lowly policeman is now the powerful head of Britainxs Special Branch and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities He too feels painful moments of self-doubt especially as rumors reach him of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line x on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel to visit his royal English kin Why would anyone destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal or are the rumors designed to distract Pitt from an even more devastating plot He must resolve this riddle at once before the damage is done Meanwhile in a London sickroom an old Italian woman x at the end of a romantic career as a revolutionary spy x is terrified that as she sinks into dementia she may divulge secrets that can kill And a beautiful young Croatian woman married to a British power broker hoards her own mysteries Apparently all roads lead to the Continent and Pitt suspects that between them these two fascinating women could tell him things he desperately needs to know But as the hours tick by it seems that the only woman Pitt can count on is his clever wife Charlotte No one sustains mesmerizing suspense better than Anne Perry In Pittxs trial by fire his wrenching moral dilemma and his electrifying moment of decision the beloved bestselling author gives us a climax never to be forgotten.
