If you're familiar with Perry's Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series, you'll know that she started a spin-off series based on their son, Daniel, who is a lawyer. In this second book in the Daniel Pitt series, the story revolves around Daniel defending a British diplomat accused of embezzlement. However, that's an accusation to get to another crime that the diplomat is accused of committing in America.
The story begins with Daniel and his parents welcoming Daniel's sister, Jemima, and her family back to London. Jemima's husband, Patrick, is a police offer in Washington D.C., and while she and the family are visiting in London, Patrick reveals to Daniel that one of Jemima's best friends in Washington, D.C. was assaulted, apparently by Philip Sidney, a British diplomat stationed in D.C. Sidney has fled to London, but has been accused of embezzlement. Patrick is sure that if they can get Sidney in court, that they can bring up the charges of the assault, as well. So, Daniel takes the case --- but he's not sure about Sidney's guilt.
And so, now the investigation is afoot. Perry brings back the character of scientist Miriam fford Croft, who brilliantly uses the most up-to-date forensic technologies, to help with his investigation. The book is a bit of a slow starter, and I found it took what felt like a long time to get the story going. However, if you can push through the slow start, the book takes off and the story becomes really interesting. I like Anne Perry's storytelling, so I am glad that she created this spin-off series because you get some of the same familiar characters, but you're moving forward with some new characters and moving forward in time.
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