Reviews for Death with a double edge : a Daniel Pitt novel

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The fatal stabbing of one of his colleagues in chambers leads Daniel Pitt on a trail of murder that stretches backward and forward in 1911 London. The good news is that the dead man the police find in disreputable Mile End isn’t Daniel’s friend Toby Kitteridge even though he’s clad in Toby’s coat. The bad news is that he’s Jonah Drake, another member of fford Croft and Gibson. Naturally, Inspector Letterman wants to know which of Drake’s former clients might have had reason to kill him. That’s not an easy call, since Drake was clever enough to win most of his cases. So Daniel focuses on two of Drake’s recent clients in high-profile cases: Lionel Peterson, an accused wife killer whose trial ended in a hung jury, and Evan Faber, fabulously wealthy shipbuilder Erasmus Faber’s only son, who was pronounced not guilty of murdering his lover, Marie Wesley, a woman who was no better than she should be. Daniel can’t believe Evan would have killed the lawyer who got him acquitted, and Evan’s soon vindicated in a way as alarming as it is definitive: After a night of pub crawling with Daniel, he’s found stabbed to death in the same Mile End neighborhood. Could the situation be any more dire? Certainly it could: Inspector Letterman could accuse Marcus fford Croft, head of chambers, of blackmailing him, and Lady Charlotte Pitt, Daniel’s mother and the wife of Special Branch head Sir Thomas Pitt, could be kidnapped to stop the investigation dead in its tracks. The main mystery is sadly transparent and the red herrings halfhearted distractions. But Perry's legion of fans won't mind. Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.


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Copyright © Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

The fatal stabbing of one of his colleagues in chambers leads Daniel Pitt on a trail of murder that stretches backward and forward in 1911 London.The good news is that the dead man the police find in disreputable Mile End isnt Daniels friend Toby Kitteridge even though hes clad in Tobys coat. The bad news is that hes Jonah Drake, another member of fford Croft and Gibson. Naturally, Inspector Letterman wants to know which of Drakes former clients might have had reason to kill him. Thats not an easy call, since Drake was clever enough to win most of his cases. So Daniel focuses on two of Drakes recent clients in high-profile cases: Lionel Peterson, an accused wife killer whose trial ended in a hung jury, and Evan Faber, fabulously wealthy shipbuilder Erasmus Fabers only son, who was pronounced not guilty of murdering his lover, Marie Wesley, a woman who was no better than she should be. Daniel cant believe Evan would have killed the lawyer who got him acquitted, and Evans soon vindicated in a way as alarming as it is definitive: After a night of pub crawling with Daniel, hes found stabbed to death in the same Mile End neighborhood. Could the situation be any more dire? Certainly it could: Inspector Letterman could accuse Marcus fford Croft, head of chambers, of blackmailing him, and Lady Charlotte Pitt, Daniels mother and the wife of Special Branch head Sir Thomas Pitt, could be kidnapped to stop the investigation dead in its tracks.The main mystery is sadly transparent and the red herrings halfhearted distractions. But Perry's legion of fans won't mind. Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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