“Edgar-Award winner Anne Perry pulls out the stops and delivers one of the finest performances of her career…  This is a mesmerizing and suspenseful tale, rich in period detail, rife with articulate and believable characters.”   Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“It’s a beauty, brilliantly presented, ingeniously developed and packed with political implications that reverberate on every level of British society…  Pitt delivers Perry’s most harrowing insights into the secret lives of the elegant Victorians who have long enchanted and repelled her.”  
                                New York Times

“Like reading Thackeray edited by Elmore Leonard.”  Booklist