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The Cater Street Hangman (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #1)

by Anne Perry

3.86 · rating details · 3,289 ratings · 303 reviews

"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era."
THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES
While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questi...more

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Published October 12th 1985 by Fawcett (first published June 1st 1979)

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Aug 06, 2007

Amanda rated it

I read this on a day I stayed home sick from work. I felt terrible, but escaping into this book gave me several hours of wonderful distraction. Perry perfectly evoked the spirit and flavor of the era and what life was like for an intelligent and curious young woman in a time when those were not considered favorable attributes for women.
The mystery is good, touching as it does the obsessions the Victorians had for sex and religion. The best thing for me in The Cater Street Hangman is the se...more

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Apr 24, 2008

Rose rated it

The Cater Street Hangman is the first Charlotte & Inspector Pitt novel by Anne Perry. I had read some of the Pitt mysteries as a teenager and thought I might start at the beginning of the series and read them through. I remembered being fascinated by them at the time, but memory isn't always reliable. In fact, the story is intriguing, well-written, with an interesting twist at the end and a strong component of social commentary that is as relevent today as to the time period in which the story i...moreThe Cater Street Hangman is the first Charlotte & Inspector Pitt novel by Anne Perry. I had read some of the Pitt mysteries as a teenager and thought I might start at the beginning of the series and read them through. I remembered being fascinated by them at the time, but memory isn't always reliable. In fact, the story is intriguing, well-written, with an interesting twist at the end and a strong component of social commentary that is as relevent today as to the time period in which the story is set (Victorian England). It just wasn't as great as I remembered, but that is hardly the book's fault. One's taste can easily change in 10 or 12 years.

The plot: A murderer is on the loose in the respectable neighborhood surrounding Cater Street. He assaults and mutilates his female victims, then garrotes them with a wire. The killer has shaken this posh, upper-middle class community to it's core. As it becomes more apparent that the murderer is one of their own, rampant fear manifests itself in unspoken suspicions, quiet whisperings, and outright accusations - unfounded and true. Suddenly, as secrets are revealed, nothing is as it seems.

The characters: The novel centers around the Ellison family. Mother Caroline & father Edward have three daughters: Sarah (married to Dominic), Charlotte (unmarried and somewhat disinterested in the prospect), and Emily (on the lookout for the most suitable and advantageous match possible). The murder hits close to home when their maid is killed. Enter the impertinent and hard-nosed Inspector Pitt, determined to find the truth and solve the mystery.

What I liked most about the book is the protagonist: Charlotte. She's a strong female character: outspoken, clever, compassionate, and a bit defiant. In fact, all the female characters are well drawn. In addition, the author strives to expose the inequalities between what is socially acceptable for men and that which is condemned in women. She explores the effects of men's actions on the women around them. I believe this is a consciously feminist text, which is refreshing in the genre. So many mysteries are about clever male detectives, and while our Inspector Pitt is in fact a man, this is really a novel about women.

(As an aside: the author has very sordid past, which really informs the novel and affected my reading experience this time. The story is not for me to tell, but if you're curious, a little internet research into Anne Perry will clue you in to what I'm talking about. Creepy!)(less)

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Sep 24, 2007

Speedtribes rated it

Shelves: mystery, historical_more-or-less

This the first volume that introduces the character Detective Thomas Pitt. I found, as is with most of her books, Perry's strengths lie more in the description of class issues and the difficulty of navigating various social norms. Her mysteries are less who-dunnits, than social commentaries with a murder attached to it. In this first volume, there someone is garroting good, honest women to death and families have taken to hiding their daughters away in fear.

The unconventional and s...more

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Apr 18, 2008

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Apr 08, 2009

Jen rated it

This is the first time I've read an Anne Perry novel and I was pleasantly surprised. The novel takes place during the Victorian age where the author brings out the social norms/mores for women and social classes during that era. The book centers around young women being found murdered just down the street from the Ellison household on Cater Street. This is the first in a series of novels featuring the characters of Inspector Thomas Pitt and Charlotte Ellison, the high-bred daughter of an upper-c...more

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Jul 13, 2007

Jaime rated it

Shelves: historical_fiction, 1800s, audio, whodunnit, 2007

How can I not like this? It combines two of my favorite things… historical fiction and a murder mystery! It’s set in Victorian-era England, and I think all the intricacies of social life at that time are well portrayed. It must have been so stressful living at that time and always worrying if you’re doing and saying the right things! It seemed to me that the worst thing one could do was be “impertinent”.

I’m not sure how I feel about Anne Perry’s somewhat sordid past, but I really enj...more

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Mar 26, 2009

Tracy rated it

Anne Perry is decidedly formulaic. This novel proceeded as planned: we have several possible suspects whose vie as the culprit, the seeds of doubt are sewn about nearly everyone our characters know, and the actual murderer ends up being a crazy person that the characters admired/loved/had affection for. Pretty much the one person that receives the most attention (pages in the book) outside family relations is the culprit. If the person is generally liked, it's all the more likely to be them. ...moreAnne Perry is decidedly formulaic. This novel proceeded as planned: we have several possible suspects whose vie as the culprit, the seeds of doubt are sewn about nearly everyone our characters know, and the actual murderer ends up being a crazy person that the characters admired/loved/had affection for. Pretty much the one person that receives the most attention (pages in the book) outside family relations is the culprit. If the person is generally liked, it's all the more likely to be them. I look forward to reading another novel and putting my formula to the test.

Formula aside, I still enjoyed the novel. I've grown accustomed to the style of Anne Perry's writing, and that means I can now read her work at a faster pace and enjoy more meaning than before. The author has captured the Victorian era in a bottle and is opening it up for all of us to have a peek. Everything is factual, as it actually was, especially the views and nuances of society at the time.

One of the highlighted themes of this novel is the domination of men. We hear multiple characters state that there is a different set of rules for men than for women. It is interesting to see how a society functions with only half of its best thinkers at work.

The patriarch is not only the leader of the family, but he is also the only member allowed to have an opinion, or allow others to express theirs. If your opinion is disliked, you are removed from his presence or experience his wrath. If a difficult problem is presented, he and he alone ponders the solution and presents it to the entire family to proceed as dictated to. The whole family is at the mercy of his IQ.

The bounds of marriage only count for the fairer sex. Men are allowed to live a dichotomy. They are morally superior to the weaker sex, honorable and strong, except for a gaping weakness in their sexual desires. In that area, they're allowed to go all over town to fulfill that "need;" they not necessarily even be discreet.

Let me express my gratitude to forward thinking women who made their voices heard and gave us our society of today! Thank you Women's Lib! Thanks to all those pioneers who fought for the woman's right to vote! This novel makes it clear how blessed we are to live in a time of equality.

My final paragraph has spoilers, so don't read any more if you're interested in reading the book.

One last note, I find Emily Ellison quite unnerving. She keeps her own secretive counsel and only speaks the truth when it is most hurtful to the ones she loves. She says Charlotte's tongue is irresponsible. Will she ever feel the weight of her words? She inspired the best of sisters to turn to hate and caused the disintegration of her sister's marriage in her final days of her life, all for a small and petty reason and based on a half truth. This highlights a small and shallow teen who I hope can grow into a better formed adult.(less)

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Dec 28, 2008

Lightreads rated it

Shelves: fiction, mystery, historical

A lengthy set of Victorian mysteries featuring Charlotte, the daughter of a well-to-do family, and Inspector Pitt of the police. The Cater Street Hangman is about a series of murders that take place in Charlotte’s wealthy neighborhood (thus introducing our protagonists to each other). It’s all about exposing the hypocrisies and secrets behind the glittering façades of wealthy families. Callander Square is about a series of killings in an upper-class neighborhood – it’s all about exposing the hyp...moreA lengthy set of Victorian mysteries featuring Charlotte, the daughter of a well-to-do family, and Inspector Pitt of the police. The Cater Street Hangman is about a series of murders that take place in Charlotte’s wealthy neighborhood (thus introducing our protagonists to each other). It’s all about exposing the hypocrisies and secrets behind the glittering façades of wealthy families. Callander Square is about a series of killings in an upper-class neighborhood – it’s all about exposing the hypocrisies and secrets behind the glittering façades of wealthy families. Paragon Walk is about a series of murders in an upper-class neighborhood where Charlotte’s sister lives – it’s all about exposing the hypocrisies and secrets behind the glittering facades of wealthy families.

Most of my knowledge of the Victorian era is confined to pornography and Jack the Ripper (what? Why are you looking at me like that?) but on the surface these books seem true to the society and speech of the time. And the writing is smooth and, if not always witty, often insightful. Except that in itself is a problem. Because being true to Victorian norms, particularly in times of stress and crisis, involves practically drenching the books in levels of classism and racism I found nearly toxic. Which would have been more endurable, actually, if it weren’t for the handful of exceptions, unfailingly female, who observed the constraints of their lives with frankly unbelievable perspicacity. Because, you know, people easily and automatically perceive the subtle snare of society’s constraints upon them, particularly women who have had little formal education and even littler exposure to any other kind of life. Perry makes many of her men despicable and ridiculous, and many of her women improbably self-aware and enlightened.

I have a pet peeve for “feminist” stories which attempt to redress the forcible suppression of women by the elevation of men by forcibly suppressing the men to elevate the women.

I did read three of these books. There are like twenty more, but I doubt I’ll continue, despite the generally pleasant writing and interesting turns of phrase. It’s partly due to the complaints above, and partly due to the fact that I figured out who-done-it in every case by the halfway mark or before. What’s the point of a mystery like that?

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Oct 31, 2011

Kathy Davie rated it

Shelves: history, homey, mystery

First in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt historical mystery series set in Victorian England in 1881.

The Story
A number of murders committed by the same person brings Inspector Thomas Pitt to the Ellison household with questions regarding the victims. Naturally, being a respectable household, the Ellisons clam up. Then one of the household becomes a murder victim and Pitt becomes a regular, if mostly unwanted, fixture.

And so the summer winds into fall with few clues but leav...more

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Aug 29, 2011

Rhonda rated it

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I read the 2011 Open Road ebook edition of this book. This is the first book I have read of hers but won't be the last. I was into the characters I really like charlotte and her sisters.
Charlotte is reading the paper in secret because her father thinks that their is only a little on the news fit for women and he will read it to them. So she reads them when the servants put it away for them to read so at least its a day old by the time she can read it.
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Aug 07, 2011

Tracey rated it

Shelves: 2011

Adult fiction; period drama. This is not so much a mystery as it is a novel set during a time of terror wreaked by a serial killer, since there is very little sleuthing done but rather a lot of hand wringing and arguing amongst family members (sister rivalries! marital transgressions!), until finally the main character is attacked (and thus the murderer's identity is finally discovered, and there the book just ends). The book deals quite a bit with the inequalities in moral standards for men vs....more

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Aug 02, 2011

Susan Anderson rated it

Shelves: historical-mystery

The Cater Street Hangman, the first book in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt historical mystery series, introduces a set of characters, many of whom will continue throughout the next twenty-nine Pitt novels. The story takes place in 1881 and the author, Anne Perry, paints a rich portrait of late nineteenth-century London society, weaving actual places and historical events into the plot. The major theme deals with the duplicity and stultifying mores of Victorian society.

The business of mu...moreThe Cater Street Hangman, the first book in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt historical mystery series, introduces a set of characters, many of whom will continue throughout the next twenty-nine Pitt novels. The story takes place in 1881 and the author, Anne Perry, paints a rich portrait of late nineteenth-century London society, weaving actual places and historical events into the plot. The major theme deals with the duplicity and stultifying mores of Victorian society.

The business of murder begins in the first few pages. When a young women is throttled to death, the inhabitants of Cater Street, a respectable upper middle-class neighborhood take pity on the victim’s family. But the murders continue, and their terror increases. A young investigator is called in to solve the crimes, and, in true Anne Perry fashion, the reader nail bites her way to the very last page when, after a few twists, a fair share of suspects, clues, and red herrings, the murderer’s identity is revealed.

Educated son of a gamekeeper, the investigator, Thomas Pitt is an anomaly. Physically ungainly, he has the speech and poise of the landed gentry, the comprehension worthy of England’s finest detectives, but the job and mannerisms of a social inferior. As part of his investigation, Pitt is introduced into the Ellison household and to Charlotte in particular who, like the man she will fall in love with and eventually marry, is a misfit.

Charlotte is viewed as a social liability by her mother and siblings due to her “extreme forthrightness.” One character asks, “Why does Charlotte always have to say what she thinks instead of what people wish?” With her pleasing looks and “mahogany hair,” Charlotte is presented as almost a social pariah, refusing to conform with society’s repressive rules of female conduct. She contrasts physically and temperamentally with her other two sisters, especially with Emily, who resolutely sets out to be wooed by Lord Ashton.

The mystery reader will find The Cater Street Hangman impossible to set down, and, as the first novel in a long series, a compelling gateway to the rest of the books.(less)

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May 07, 2011

Nicole rated it

I had read the first two or three books in this series several years ago at the recommendation of a friend, and I found them okay, but not terrific. Recently, something brought the character of Inspector Pitt to mind, and I decided to revisit the novels. Unfortunately, what I'm most interested in, namely, the relationship between Pitt and Charlotte, doesn't really get a huge amount of attention in the books, at least so far. (At the time of this writing, I've read the first three.) Working out t...more

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Mar 25, 2011

T.E. Macarthur rated it

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I've read nearly all the Charlotte Pitt mysteries and love them. I have noticed however that the further along in the series we go, the less of Charlotte and the more of Thomas we get. Thomas Pitt is a wonderful character but the balance between the two is what makes me love the books.

Ms. Perry has an extraordinary skill with printed accents. We can hear the very pronounciations as we read them. Her turn of phrase is exceptional, giving one a sense of Victorian England without be...more

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Dec 09, 2010

Maze Branch rated it

Shelves: donna-reviews, fiction, mystery

This review is by Donna:

This is the first in a mystery series (currently at 25 books) starring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt. Thomas is a police officer, a career thought of as no better than the household servants by the upper classes in late Victorian London. Charlotte is a daughter in one of those upper class families. Not only is this a good series of mystery stories, but the details of Victorian life bring an added component to the books. Perry is noted for the accuracy of these...more

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Oct 29, 2010

Rosanne Lortz rated it

The Cater Street Hangman is the first novel in Anne Perry’s Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. This series was (I believe) Anne Perry’s first foray into the world of detective fiction, and the initial novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was first published in 1979.

The story is set during the late Victorian period. Its outspoken heroine, Charlotte Ellison, has had her life turned upside down as several young women of her acquaintance are strangled to death along Cater Street. Suspicions r...more

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Jun 26, 2009

Christa rated it

Shelves: library

This book did not grab my attention until I was about fifty pages or so into the story. At that point, I became interested, and by the end of the book I enjoyed the story enough that I will definitely continue the series. I liked the character of Pitt, although I didn't feel we learned nearly enough about him, and I enjoyed Charlotte. Some of Charlotte's family was another matter, although I believe they reflected the time period in which the book was set. I thought that the relationship between...more

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Apr 08, 2011

L'Orpailleuse rated it

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Shelves: mystery, nineteenth-century, victorian, thriller

Cette première enquête de Thomas Pitt n'est pas si palpitante que cela, mais a le mérite de poser les bases de ce que sera la première série victorienne d'Anne Perry. On y rencontre Charlotte et sa famille, on apprend à les connaître mais pas forcément à les apprécier. Ce qui m'a le plus marquée, c'est l'ambiance générale: on se croirait bien dans le Londres de 1881, où les pires turpitudes se cachent derrière les belles façades des quartiers huppés autant que dans les recoins de la Rookerie. Ay...more

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Sep 30, 2011

Stephanie Johnson rated it

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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I'm so sad to say that I didn't like this book. There seemed to be a whisper of something that kept me reading, because normally I would have stopped before I got halfway through, but I kept reading hoping it would redeem itself in some way. It never happened.

I found the writing to be stilted. The story being told from different perspectives on a continuous bases was a little scattered. Different perspectives would just pop in as the story went along. I thought that the varying ...more

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Aug 28, 2011

Kathy Jackson rated it

Recommends it for: Everyone

I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the time period it was set in. I was not surprised by the end, I had the killer figured out way ahead of time, but I was surprised by the motive until the last chapter when I thought it was pretty evident.

The book is about a family that is of high social order. Though rich and entitled, the women in the family do their best to attend to the ill and poor, perhaps on a superficial level but still, they try according to their upbringing. ...more

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Jan 29, 2011

Dorie rated it

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Shelves: historical, crime-fiction

I read this book almost right after reading the first book of Perry's 'William Monk' series. As a result my expectation of what to expect in this book was completely off. At first I was disappointed but once my expectation was adjusted I enjoyed the book a lot. In the Monk series we get one perspective, the male investigator. I had anticipated this would follow the same general way of telling the story but was wrong. The story was told from several different character's perspective, none of...more

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Jan 29, 2011

Lindsey Duncan rated it

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Shelves: mystery

Though this is the first Charlotte and Inspector Pitt novel, it's the actual the second I read, because I couldn't get ahold of this one initially. It took a bit of secondhand bookstore trawling to find, but turned out to be well worth the hunt. If you are interested in reading and enjoying this book, I highly recommend you don't read later in the series first: I had some of the twists and turns spoiled for me because I had read "Callander Square" not too long ago. Especially becau...moreThough this is the first Charlotte and Inspector Pitt novel, it's the actual the second I read, because I couldn't get ahold of this one initially. It took a bit of secondhand bookstore trawling to find, but turned out to be well worth the hunt. If you are interested in reading and enjoying this book, I highly recommend you don't read later in the series first: I had some of the twists and turns spoiled for me because I had read "Callander Square" not too long ago. Especially because this is the first book, the lives of the characters are highly defined by its events.

At first, the specter of murder - the death of a maid - that hovers over Cater Street is more of a nuisance to its wealthy inhabitants ... doubly so the policeman who comes to investigate. Sharp-tongued Charlotte, the middle daughter, in particular clashes with the inspector ... but when a maid in their own household falls victim, the entire family is drawn into rampant suspicion and the dissolution of family trusts and truths.

Because the reader and the central family are on the inside of the crime, the emotional and psychological elements are far more engaging in this book than in "Callander Square." The way a little suspicion can shatter trust forever is powerfully examined here. If the book starts a bit shaky - I had to reread more than a few sections to tell the family members apart, until I got used to them - it develops in full and intriguing fashion.

Another worthy component of this book is the segments where the Cater Street characters (primarily Charlotte) learn about the bizarre and foreign world of the criminal and the poor. Because it is equally stranger to the reader, we get to share in their shock and confusion. Even though it's almost unabashed infodump, it's eminently readable.

The mystery itself is almost secondary to all this. As mysteries go, it's not even particularly mysterious, though Perry attempts to heighten the drama by indicating by positing that the murderer might not even know he is committing the crimes. I found this a rather transparent ploy to make point-of-view characters into suspects, and not too convincing. Also a mis-step is George Ashwood's behavior. I never did get a satisfactory explanation of the difference between his reputation and his decision in regards to Emily.

I thought the central love story in the book was a little forced ... a few steps missing, though perhaps forgiveable with the restrictions on love in the Victorian era. Rather than having long, drawn-out romances, people ... got married. But in its own way, this book is a long, drawn-out romance, a frenetic connection with human nature bound up in the ritual of appearances. For that, it is a worthwhile read indeed.(less)

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Jul 05, 2011

Sarah rated it

I wanted to begin at the beginning with Charlotte and Pitt in order to get a feel for who they were and what they were about. The story was slow to build momentum and the inner voices of some of the characters seemed unnecessary at times. The only really engaging scenes involved the confrontations between Charlotte and her scruffy inspector, where the various ends of the plot were brought together slowly so that the reader could digest them and so that their budding relationship (not entirely be...more

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Aug 12, 2009

Scot rated it

Okay, I was between a 3 and a 4 star rating on this one. Negative points: I found the flurry of resolved relationships at the close too convenient and the climax/ending too predictable. The story developed slowly, but the author was establishing the first volume in what would be a long, long series, so some careful crafting of character nuance, and a distinct distinguishing of the personalities of the three Ellison sisters was understandable.

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Oct 02, 2011

Monica! rated it

Shelves: a-damn-dim-candle, whodunit, ust-ftw, read-in-2011, but-wait-theres-more

In further adventures of Monica Reading Mysteries, I decided to give Cater Street Hangman a try. Final thoughts... are mixed. Certainly it was well written. You could practically see the flickering gaslights and smell the, um, horse manure? Is that what one would smell on a traditional Victorian street? And there are perky little pickpockets, and fire-and-brimstone-spewing vicars, and vicious grandmothers, and gentlemen’s clubs, and endless cups of tea. Anyway, it all seems very realistic,...more

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Jan 27, 2011

Anne Hawn Smith rated it

Shelves: mystery, history, victorian

This is the first Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book and I thought it was excellent. Suddenly, several young girls have been killed with a garrote and all were found on Cater Street. Two were servants and two were young ladies who lived on Cater St. It seems to be the work of a madman, but possibly the madman may not even know he or she is the killer.

The story is told mainly from the point of view of Charlotte and like other of Anne Perry's other main characters, she is spunky, reason...more

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Dec 10, 2010

Darla rated it

(Genre:Adult fiction/Mystery) For some unknown and unfathomable reason, I really felt in the mood for a good murder mystery. I wanted a book where you don't know who the bad guy is and you feel uptight and nervous, watching the clues come to light for the characters. This fit perfectly, since there were many potential and valid suspects to choose from. I had been told by a friend how much she liked Anne Perry and I can see why. The story is set in Victorian England and the author did a great jo...more

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Jun 22, 2010

AnnaMay rated it

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Perry did a good job of delving into the dual moral expectations of men vs. women in the Victorian era. I didn't clap with glee at the end of the book like I do in the Monk ones, but I really enjoyed the story and plan to read all 26 of them :).

The ending (not the murder plot ending, but the relationship plot) came up a bit quick for me. I would have thought Perry would have carried that relationship development into the second book. I know it presents conflict, though, which make...more

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Sep 29, 2009

Liz rated it

Shelves: historical-mystery, victorian

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Aug 05, 2011

Anna added it · review of another edition

I love it when I discover new mystery authors :D And while not as convoluted as some, it is still satisfying.We are given all the players and the same information as everyone else, and left to think it over for ourselves. Victorian England is brought vividly to life with all its grit, social divisions, and upstairs/downstairs. It's a provoking look at class structure and man-made barriers, and at relationships -- how many of our relationships are only on the surface? How well do we really know a...more

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