Genre:

Drama

Synopsis (A&E TV):

In the class-conscious world of Victorian England, the Ellison family is painfully aware of their respectable place in the comfortable London neighborhood of Cater Street. But when a young woman is garroted nearby, it is the beginning of a remarkable sequence of events that will see their world shattered.

At first, the Ellisons dismiss the murder as the result of the victim's impropriety after all, a real lady simply couldn't be the victim of such a tragedy. But when the killer strikes again, he takes the life of the Ellison's maid, and a gruff, no-nonsense police inspector with no care for anything but solving the crime comes calling. Inspector Pitt makes it clear that no one is above suspicion, and though some in the family object strenuously to a man of his position asking questions, their answers suggest that not all is being revealed. And when Pitt and one of the Ellison daughters start to fall for each other, a complicated case gets even stickier?

Based on Anne Perry's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, the first in a series of Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries.

Keeley Hawes Role:

Charlotte Ellison

External Links:

• IMDb

Status:

DVD available for purchase

• A & E store (Region 1)