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Historical Fiction · 2014 · PG-13

Blind Justice

by Anne Perry

A man convicted of a crime he may not have committed — and Pitt must find the truth before it's too late

NATIONAL BESTSELLER For a generation, Anne Perry’s New York Times bestselling novels have invited readers to explore the brilliantly seductive heart of Victorian London, where great wealth and great evil live side by side, and great men sometimes make unfortunate choices. In Blind Justice, Hester Monk, the wife of William Monk, commander of the Thames River Police, questions the finances of a London church whose members’ hard-earned charitable gifts appear to have ended up in the pocket of charismatic preacher Abel Taft, paying for his fine home and the stylish outfits of his wife and daughter

For14+GenreHistorical FictionLength359 pagesRead time~9.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Murder investigation; wrongful conviction threat; moderate thriller tension

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

No significant sexual content

Substance Use

Barely any

Minimal substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

Strong psychological weight; wrongful execution looming; institutional justice versus moral truth

What this book is about

As head of the Special Branch, Thomas Pitt is dragged into a case that haunts him: a man has been convicted and is facing execution, but new evidence suggests the verdict may have been catastrophically wrong. Pitt must navigate the rigid British justice system, powerful enemies who want the conviction to stand, and a mystery that cuts to the heart of what justice means. A morally searching novel from Anne Perry's long-running Victorian series.

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Wrongful conviction

Execution threat

Justice system critique

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