Twenty-one Days: A Daniel Pitt Novel

ISBN: 0399179909

Author: Perry, Anne

Condition: New

In the first book of an all-new series, a young lawyer races to save his client from execution, putting him at odds with his own father: Thomas Pitt, head of Londons Special Police Branch.[Anne] Perrys excellent new series launch expertly takes the Pitts into a new century.-Library Journal (starred review)1910:Twenty-five-year-old Daniel Pitt is a junior barrister in London and eager to prove himself, independent of his renowned parents influence. And the new case before him will be the test. When his client, arrogant biographer Russell Graves, is found guilty of murdering his wife, Daniel is dispatched to find the real killer before Graves faces the hangmans noose-in only twenty-one days.Could Mrs. Gravess violent death have anything to do with her husbands profession? Someone in power may be framing the biographer to keep damaging secrets from coming to light. It is a theory that leads Daniels investigation unexpectedly to Londons Special Branch-and, disturbingly, to one of his fathers closest colleagues.Caught between duty to the law and a fierce desire to protect his family, Daniel must call on his keen intellect-and trust his natural instincts-to find the truth in a tangle of dark deception, lest an innocent man hang for anothers heinous crime.Praise for Twenty-One DaysReaders will quickly fall in love with [Daniel] Pitt, following along as he investigates a gruesome murder and chuckling as he throws those involved off kilter. Perry is a master at bringing setting to life, and readers will be taken in by the time and place as they get to know Daniel Pitt and those close to him in this engaging novel.-RT Book ReviewsThe maven of well-crafted Victorian mysteries and author of both the William Monk series and the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries introduces the Pitts son, Daniel, junior barrister, in this first of what proves to be an intriguing, entertaining, and character-centric new series. . . . Perry introduces Daniel and his cohort, the brilliant Miriam Fforde Croft, and raises the knotty question of whether some clients are truly undefendable.-Booklist[Anne Perry] seems just as comfortable in 1910 as she ever did back in Victorias day.-Kirkus Reviews