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Violence
Some
Murder investigation; Victorian crime scenes described with moderate detail
Language
Barely any
Mild language in keeping with the period
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Minimal substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Strong sense of institutional menace; justice undermined by power; moral peril for Pitt's career and life
What this book is about
After his damning testimony brings down a decorated war hero at a sensational treason trial, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is stripped of his Scotland Yard command and reassigned to the shadowy Special Branch. But his investigation of a Whitechapel murder quickly reveals a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of the establishment — and threatens the very foundations of the Empire. A pivotal entry in Perry's Thomas Pitt series, set during a moment of profound political upheaval.
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Conspiracy and corruption themes
Threats to rule of law
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