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Feminist Mystery Reviews ASHWORTH HALL Reviewed by Harriet Klausner Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt has the unenviable task of safeguarding Ainsley Greville during a meeting to discuss home rule between Irish Catholics and Protestants at ASHWORTH HALL. Though the location seems to be more of a place for a tea party, the participants do not give any pretense of being friends. Religious and National differences leave both sides loathing the other side. However, as bad as things seem, they only get worse when Greville is murdered. While Thomas, his wife Charlotte, and his assistant Tellman investigate the case, the meetings continue, but in an even more hostile environment. Even the servants of the gathering of leaders are bickering. If Thomas and cohorts do not solve the murder soon, the impassioned emotions may lead to more killings and perhaps even civil war. The Victorian Era is incredibly described by that master of English historical who-done-it, Anne Perry. The over fifteen tales starring the Pitts are clearly some of the juiciest fruits on the sub-genre tree. ASHWORTH HALL may be the best of a superior lot because a political thriller adds even more dimension to an already multi-faceted tale. Ms. Perry succeeds in reminding readers that unbridled anger (regardless of whether it is historical or the nineties) is not the way to resolve conflict. Great novel from a great "historian".
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