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.
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..
Fortunately, Pitt\'s clever, well-born wife, Charlotte, has entr e to London\'s best society.
William Weems, it transpires, was no common usurer but a vicious blackmailer.
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.
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
