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Title: Seven Dials by Anne Perry ISBN: 0-345-44007-2 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Couldn't put it down!
Comment: Find yourself stepping carefully through the sultry, baked-mud streets of Victorian Alexandria, the heady smells of spices and camels and wool rugs swirling around you, as you follow Pitt through a completely unexpected adventure in Egypt. The British have control of the country and the precious Suez Canal, but only just. The undercurrents of hatred, violence, and revolution boil to the surface, enveloping Pitt and landing him in an Egyptian jail with unlikely cellmates. The roiling flames chase Pitt back to London where he, Charlotte, and Narraway try to piece together who killed a former soldier and, more importantly, why. Was it to undermine the cotton industry, stolen from Egypt to flourish in Britain? Was it to bring down an important government official? Was it to pay back debts long owed? Or was it because of a secret so insidious that it could bring a bloody end to both the British rule of Egypt and the irreplaceable British trade routes through the Suez? As international intrigue threatens the government, an intrigue of a different sort envelops Gracie and Tellman. From the beginning through the last breathless page, the heart-stopping action and heart-rending emotion doesn't stop. The plot twists come unexpectedly, skillfully crafted by an author who never ceases to please. You'll not want to put this one down!
Rating: 3
Summary: A competent Victorian mystery with an Egyptian twist
Comment: Anne Perry, the author of two series of murder mysteries involving different detectives, knows how to convey the atmosphere of Victorian London. In this case, investigator Thomas Pitt's murder investigation reaches beyond England to colonial Egypt, intriguingly described. Most of the story moves at a moderate pace that adds to its believability, though action junkies may be disappointed. The servants' very different use of the English language may illustrate the sharp social class divisions of Victorian England, but their statements are not easy to read.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Classic Anne Perry
Comment: I've always enjoyed Anne Perry's Charlotte and Pitt mysteries more than her Monk and Latterly mysteries. They are not perhaps as deep but they are usually much more fun. I find it easier to identify with the main characters and the ambience of their lives is more satisfying.
Seven Dials, the most recent Charlotte and Pitt mystery, is for me one of her better recent books. The writer's facility for setting a scene, whether it is a society event, the slums of the east end of London or the streets of Alexandria is unparalleled. She makes her way unerringly through the mind-boggling convolutions of Victorian morality without miring the reader in its tedious virtue.
This is another of Anne Perry's good yarns, complete with Gracie, Aunt Vespasia and sister Emily. It is full of strong emotions, well-honed dialogue and spiced this time with Pitt's visit to Egypt.
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Title: Death of a Stranger by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345440064 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: No Graves As Yet: A Novel of World War I by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345456521 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Southampton Row by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345440048 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: A Christmas Journey by Anne Perry ISBN: 034546673X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Funeral in Blue by Anne Perry ISBN: 0345440021 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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