Indeed, she is one of the three participants in a late-night seance that becomes the swan song of stylish clairvoyant Maude Lamont. Equally damaging is her dalliance with spiritualism. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey Serracold, whose wife's passionate committment to the Socialist agenda may hurt his chances. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered to forego his long awaited vacation, not to solve a crime, but to prevent a national disaster.The Tory candidate is Pitt's archenemy, Charles Voisey, a ruthless leader in the Inner Circle. The powerful Inner Circle-a secret society of men sworn to support each other above all other loyalties-is committed to seizing one critical seat in Parliament, a first step towards the achievement of sinister secret ambitions. With a general election fast approaching, a deep rift separates aristocratic Tories from the Liberal opposition. Gaslight, cobblestones, halls of power, haunts of vice-all the splendor and sordidness of a world that believed the opulence would last forever.But now, toward the end of her long reign, Victoria's gold is tarnishing.
For many years Anne Perry's magnificent novels have transported millions of readers into the very heart of one of the richest, most vibrant societies the world has ever known: England in the golden ages of Queen Victoria.
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