The corpse sprawled on the Bedford Square doorstep of General Brandon Balantyne was an affront to respectable sensibility. The general denies any knowledge of the shabbily dressed victim, but Superintendent Thomas Pitt finds that hard to believe for in the dead man's pocket is a rare snuffbox that can be traced directly to the general's study. Pitt and his clever wife Charlotte must tread lightly in this world of silver spoons and tattered rags where dead men tell no tales.
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