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Title: The Whitechapel Conspiracy
Review: I have enjoyed earlier books by Anne Perry but found this one static and colorless. The action was extremely limited, being confined mostly to Gracie and Tellman following people around London and eavesdropping on their exchanges. The constant harangues about loyalty and political freedom that issued from nearly every character's mouth were tiresome and sanctimonious. And the author's writing has gotten sloppy -- lots of repeated phrases, cliches, and even a couple of remarks that could never have been uttered by people living in the 19th century (someone is said to "do a Marie Antoinette," and a person with an unwholesome interest in a third party is described as having "a thing" for him/her). A very disappointing effort, in short.
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