Traitor's Gate

Description

When a Thames waterman discovers the strangled body of a celebrated society beauty near Traitors’ Gate, Inspector Thomas Pitt is drawn into a case that reaches far beyond London’s most dangerous streets. At the same time, the apparent suicide of Sir Arthur Desmond—Pitt’s childhood mentor—raises troubling questions, especially when evidence of stolen Colonial Office information links the death to Britain’s controversial ambitions in Africa and its support for Cecil Rhodes. As Pitt pursues the truth, political intrigue, espionage, and murder place his own life and that of his close friend Matthew in peril. Set against the tensions of Victorian society, this gripping mystery explores corruption, abuse of power, loyalty, and the human cost of secrets kept at the highest levels of government.