Language: English
Charlotte (Fictitious Character) Detective and mystery stories English Fantasy Fiction General Historical Historical fiction London (England) Mystery & Detective Pitt Police Police Procedural Police spouses Political Romance Suspense Thomas (Fictitious Character) Women Sleuths Women detectives
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: Jan 30, 1999
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From Library Journal
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling.
When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the staircase to her death, superintendent Thomas Pitt is virtually certain that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter, his handsome curate, or his Roman Catholic son? Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth--and justice. . . .