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A Funeral in Blue

by Anne Perry

Published 1 January 2001

When her brother arrives on her doorstep, Hester Monk is shocked - as much by the unexpectedness of the visit as by the reason for it. For since her marriage to Monk, Charles and his elegant wife, Imogen, have kept their distance. But now Charles needs Hester's help. He believes Imogen is having an affair - there can be no other explanation for her recent strange behaviour. However, before Hester is able to investigate, a tragedy occurs. In a nearby artist's studio two women have been brutally killed. Having left the police force with extreme ill feeling between himself and his superior, the last thing Monk wants to do is face the demons of his past. But, in the course of his work, Monk is left with no choice but to visit his old adversary, Runcorn, and involve himself with the sensational murder case.

Paragon Walk

by Anne Perry

Published 1 January 1950

Third in the series of Victorian murder mysteries starring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt

In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it became appallingly clear that something ugly lurked behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk - something that could lead to more scandal, more murder...

The Whitechapel Conspiracy

by Terrence Hardiman and Anne Perry

Published 30 January 2001

Despite the lack of a convincing motive, evidence presented by Thomas Pitt leads to the conviction for murder, and execution, of John Adinett, a distinguished soldier and scholar. But the hanged man was a member of the Inner Circle, a secretive group of men whose power extends further than Pitt realises is possible.

Southampton Row

by Anne Perry

Published 1 January 2002

Despite Thomas Pitt's success in the Whitechapel case, the secretive Inner Circle prevent his returning to Bow Street police as Superintendent. Pitt's next task for Special Branch is to investigate Charles Voisy - the corrupt Inner Circle man Pitt defeated in court - who is standing for election as a Tory MP. Pitt must obtain information to stop Voisy's climb to political power. Then Pitt is ordered to Southampton Row, scene of the hideous murder of a spiritual medium. As the link between the spiritualist and political figures is revealed, the whispers of scandal grow louder. And with Charlotte in hiding for safety, Pitt must turn to his sister-in-law, Emily, to help him solve one of his most high-profile cases yet...

Seven Dials

by Anne Perry

Published 1 January 2003

Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty’s Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion, where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow. Nearby stands the tenant of the house, the beautiful, notorious Egyptian woman Ayesha Zakhari, who falls under the shadow of suspicion. Pitt’s orders are to protect—at all costs—the good name of the third person in the garden: senior cabinet minister Saville Ryerson. The distinguished public servant, whispered to be Ayesha’s lover, insists that she is as innocent as Pitt himself. Pitt’s journey to uncover the truth takes him from Egyptian cotton fields to the insidious London slum called Seven Dials—and ultimately to a packed London courtroom in which shocking secrets will at last be revealed.

Callander Square

by Anne Perry

Published 1 January 1980

The second novel in the ever-popular series of Victorian whodunits featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, here appearing for the first time in UK paperback. Murders just didn't happen in fashionable, respectable areas like Callander Square -- and yet, there had been two in a short space of time. The police were baffled. But Charlotte Pitt was curious. Inspector Pitt's well-bred wife had not formed the habit of meddling in her husband's business, but something about this case intrigued her -- to the point where she found herself prying into the intimate secrets of the very rich, hearing backstairs gossip that would shock a barmaid, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder.

Slaves and Obsession

by Anne Perry

Published 7 December 2000

All's fair in love and war...

The advent of the American Civil War brings new intrigue to Monk's Victorian London in Anne Perry's masterful novel Slaves and Obsession. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Ann Granger.

'Perry has here provided a meticulously plotted crime story with alibis and deception leading unerringly to the solution' - Scotsman

In the American Civil War the opposing armies are desperate for arms. A London trader selling weapons to the South faces a moral dilemma when his daughter, in love with a Confederate, insists he change sides. When he is brutally murdered, her lover is the immediate suspect. William and Hester Monk must bring the pair back from the front line in America to face justice in an English court.

What readers are saying about Slaves and Obsession:

'One of Anne Perry's best...A really enjoyable and gripping book'

'A riveting mystery wrapped up in the dark and seamy side of Victorian London'

'Anne Perry is the best Victorian crime [writer] I have ever read'