Anne Perry: Belgrave Square (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
When an obscure moneylender named William Weems is murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, there are no mourners -- and there is more than a little discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he so mercilessly devoured. Yet when Inspector Pitt finds in the murdered man's office a list containing the names of some of London's most distinguished gentlemen, he begins to realize the magnitude of his duty. William Weems, it transpires, was no common usurer but a vicious blackmailer. Fortunately, Pitt's clever, well-born wife, Charlotte, has entrée to London's best society. Her insights prove to be invaluable to Pitt's investigation as she observes, at glittering balls and over gossipy tea tables, a world of passion, power, and greed that the police are seldom permitted to see.

Anne Perry: Belgrave Square. A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel. Ballantine, ISBN: 9780345523679 (June, 2011), 361 p., $15.00.

Anne Perry: Belgrave Square (USA 1993)

From the Publisher:
When an obscure moneylender named William Weems is murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, there are no mourners -- and there is more than a little discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he so mercilessly devoured.

Yet when Inspector Pitt finds a list containing the names of some of London's most distinguished gentlemen in the murdered man's office, he begins to measure the magnitude of the job he has been given. William Weems was no common usurer, but a vicious blackmailer. Fortunately, Pitt's clever, well-born wife, Charlotte, has entrée to London's best society. And at glittering balls and over gossipy tea tables she observes a world of passion, power, and greed that the police are seldom permitted to see...

Anne Perry: Belgrave Square. A Victorian mystery featuring Charlotte and Inspector Thomas Pitt. Fawcett Books, ISBN: 0449222276 (June, 1993), 374 p., $5.99.