Farriers' Lane

Mystery Detective Fiction Noir Psychological Thriller

Description

When a respected judge dies from an apparent opium overdose, Inspector Thomas Pitt is drawn into a scandal that reaches back five years to the brutal murder of Kingsley Blaine, whose death sent an innocent man toward the gallows. As Pitt investigates, he discovers troubling links between the judge’s final actions and the case that once gripped London, while resistance from within the police makes the search for truth increasingly perilous. His wife, Charlotte, uses her access to high society to uncover secrets hidden behind respectable appearances, bringing them both closer to a dangerous conspiracy. Set against Victorian England’s rigid class divisions, religious prejudice, and appetite for sensational justice, the novel combines meticulous detection with Anne Perry’s atmospheric portrayal of moral courage and social corruption.