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Historical Fiction · 2011 · PG-13

Buckingham Palace Gardens

by Anne Perry

A woman is murdered inside Buckingham Palace — and Thomas Pitt must investigate without causing a scandal

The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute turns up in a linen closet among the queen’s monogrammed sheets. With great haste, Thomas Pitt, the brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts’ cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests’ conversations.

For14+GenreHistorical FictionLength341 pagesRead time~9 hours

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Violence

Some

Murder; body discovered in palace; moderate crime scene description

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

References to prostitution in narrative context; no explicit content

Substance Use

Barely any

Minimal substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Moderate psychological tension; class and power dynamics; high-stakes investigation requiring absolute secrecy

What this book is about

The Prince of Wales has invited four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss an ambitious railway project in Africa. When a young woman hired to entertain the guests is found brutally murdered in the palace linen room, Thomas Pitt is called in to solve the crime with absolute discretion. The twenty-fifth Thomas Pitt novel places the detective inside the most famous address in the world, surrounded by suspects who cannot be named publicly.

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Reference to prostitution

Murder inside Buckingham Palace

Class politics

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