A friend of mine rescued this library discard from the dumpster (who throws away perfectly good books??!!) and passed it along to me. Another in the series about Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, of which I have read several. Looking forward to it.

A strong entry in the series and therefore not a quick read. Pitt and his wife are at the theater when an appeals court judge in the next box dies. One of his colleagues suggests the possibility of murder and Pitt is charged with investigating what turns out to be opium poisoning. The poisoning may or may not be connected to a five year old case where the convicted killer of a man crucified in a back alley is alleged to have been innocent -- a case the judge was contemplating reopening. Things are heavily mired in a strong vein of anti-Semitism, since the executed man was Jewish. And, of course, the social niceties and the class distinctions of British life in the Victorian era are ever-present. I became convinced I knew the who and the how and I was almost right but on the wrong case. A good mystery and a good look at the prejudices of society which seem never to change, only to wax and wane in terms of their popularity with the masses.

Adding this to the Mystery VBB started by bookstogive.

Removing this from the VBB as it was not chosen despite several rotations.

This book went to meet-up with me today and went home with someone else or else it was left on the OBCZ shelf at Birdie's.

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This book followed me home from a BCinDC meetup at Birdie's in Westminster, Maryland, where we hold an annual meeting in memory of fellow BookCrosser MaryZee. I hope to release this book in my Little Free Library.

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I selected this book from the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720) to travel elsewhere...

This book is being released at the BookCrossing booth at the Kensington International Day of the Book street festival. BCinDC, my local Bookcrossing group, has proudly participated in this festival since its inception!

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This was leftover at the end of the 2019 Day of the Book Festival in Kensington, Maryland. I hope to continue its journey soon.

This is one of the many books released at the 2019 Gaithersburg Book Festival.

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No one chose this book at the Gaithersburg Book Festival so I brought it home to release elsewhere.

I'm releasing this book to BookCrosser SweetBabyJane to release in her own new Little Free Library.

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