{"product_id":"book-bhvz","title":"Buckingham Palace Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnne Perry’s Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries are perhaps the best loved of all her Victorian bestsellers, luring us into the multilayered richness of London, from the great mansions and secluded drawing rooms to the city’s festering slums. Now, in her most mesmerizing novel yet, Perry invites us to a fatal house party at Buckingham Palace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThe Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their elegant wives to the palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But alas, the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute hired for a late-night frolic (after the wives have retired to bed) turns up among the queen’s monogrammed sheets in a palace linen closet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWith great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts’ cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited—to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests’ conversations, scan their bedrooms, and scrutinize their troubled faces for clues to hidden rivalries and attachments that could have led to murder. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman—as seems increasingly likely—Pitt’s career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWith a cast of wonderful characters, among them the gentle Princess of Wales, and a twisting plot that takes us into the hidden world of the royal family, Anne Perry probes deeply the hearts of men and women ensnared by their emotions. Never has this distinguished novelist told a story with more truth and passion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49384992538928,"sku":"BDbhvz","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49384992571696,"sku":"ZEbhvz","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/345169-bhvz-Square.jpg?v=1735119231","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-bhvz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}