Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Loyal, honest and, above all, principled. There is no finer detective in Victorian London than Thomas Pitt. It is 1896, and Thomas Pitt is in charge of Special Branch. He is beginning to understand the power he now commands, but is still ill at ease at the glittering events he and his wife Charlotte must attend. During a lavish party at the Spanish Embassy, a policeman breaks into Pitt's…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: 1857. After the fire of mutiny has swept through British India, young Lieutenant Victor Narraway arrives at a battered military base at Cawnpore. It is just two weeks before Christmas, but no one is able to celebrate: they have been betrayed. A soldier under arrest for dereliction of duty has killed a guard and escaped to join the rebels, taking crucial information that led to the massacre of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: With this latest entry in a bestselling series that evokes all the passion and heroism of history’s most heartbreaking conflict — the war that was meant to end all wars — Anne Perry adds new luster to her worldwide reputation. Angels in the Gloom is an intense saga of love, hate, obsession, and murder that features an honorable English family — brothers Joseph and Matthew Reavley and their…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain’s merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig is found with his throat cut, Commander William Monk of the River Police…