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Historical Fiction · 2013 · PG-13

Dorchester Terrace

by Anne Perry

The head of Special Branch must stop an assassination before the killer strikes

“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified t

For14+GenreHistorical FictionLength370 pagesRead time~9.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Assassination threat; spy thriller violence; moderate depiction of political danger

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 tension; countdown pressure; Pitt's trusted network faces a threat from within

What this book is about

Thomas Pitt receives word of a credible assassination plot tied to a Serbian revolutionary and a prisoner set to be released from Dorchester Terrace. As he races against the clock, he discovers the web of conspiracy stretches far beyond what any single investigation can contain. The thirtieth Thomas Pitt novel is a gripping race-against-time thriller with high political stakes.

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Assassination plot

International conspiracy

Spy thriller elements

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