Pentecost Alley

Fiction. Mystery. Historical Fiction. HTML: The murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley should occasion no stir in Victoria�??s great metropolis, but under the victim�??s body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name �??Finlay Fitzjames�?��??a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay�??s father�??immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous�??refuses to consider the possibility that his son has been in Ada McKinley�??s bed. The implication is clear: Pitt is to arrest someone other than Finlay Fitzjames for Ada�??s demise. But Thomas Pitt is not a man to be intimidated, and with the help of his quick-witted wife, Charlotte, he stubbornly pursues his investigation�??one that twists and turns like Lon… (more)