The sleuthing couple pursues a serial killer through Victorian London in an exciting entry in the "unfailingly rewarding" New York Times –bestselling series ( The New York Times ).A serial killer is loose in the slums of Devil's Acre. The murders are brutal, but it is the killer's grisly signature that shocks even Inspector Thomas Pitt, no stranger to death and violent crime. The...

Someone on posh Callander Square will kill to keep a secret in this "superior" mystery from the New York Times –bestselling author of Twenty-One Days ( The San Diego Union-Tribune ).When two dead infants are dug up in the Callander Square gardens, the upper-class residents dismiss the burials as the desperate act of a low-born girl and...

In the debut of the New York Times –bestselling Victorian crime series, Inspector Thomas Pitt seeks an elusive strangler among upper-class British society.Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer. While Mrs. Ellison and her three daughters are out, their maid becomes the third victim of a killer who strangles young women with cheese wire, leaving their swoll...

A killer strikes on a posh London street in this novel from the New York Times bestseller that "combines murder with . . .[the] manners of Victorian society" ( The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ) .When innocent Fanny Nash of exclusive Paragon Walk dies in the arms of her exquisite sister-in-law, Jessamyn, Inspector Pitt is assigned to investigate her rap...

From a New York Times bestseller, Charlotte Pitt defends her sister against a murder charge in a mystery "suffused with atmosphere, emotion, and suspense" ( Booklist ).As Inspector Thomas Pitt works to resolve the case of a dismembered woman, his womanizing brother-in-law, George March, Lord Ashworth, is poisoned with his morning coffee at the country estate of his cousins. The ...

Return to the origins of the Victorian-era sleuthing couple with the first three mysteries in the "unfailingly rewarding" New York Times –bestselling series ( The New York Times Book Review )."For nearly four decades Anne Perry's riveting detective novels have played out against the backdrop of the Victorian era" ( The Washington Post). Now in a single volume, readers ca...

Westminster is struck by a deadly killer...In Anne Perry's tenth Victorian mystery featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, a murderer strikes at Members of Parliament crossing Westminster Bridge. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Harriet Smart.'[Anne] Perry once again demonstrates her true and lively passion... Her finely drawn characters couldn't be more comfortable within the customs and sensibility of their historical pe...

From a New York Times– bestselling author, members of Parliament are murdered crossing Westminster Bridge in this "sterling" novel set in Victorian London ( Library Journal ).In the few minutes it takes to cross Westminster Bridge, Sir Lockwood Hamilton has his throat slit and is tied securely to the lamppost with his evening scarf. The killer then vanishes without being seen. In...

Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this "gripping and highly satisfying" entry in the New York Times –bestselling Victorian mystery series ( Publishers Weekly ).At the behest of his superior, Thomas Pitt reopens a case gone cold. Three years prior, Robert York, an important member of the British Foreign Office, was murdered in his home in London's exclusive Hanover Close. P...

From a New York Times– bestselling author, Charlotte and Thomas Pitt must solve the case of a young gentleman's murder—before an innocent man hangs.The naked body of an aristocratic youth turns up in the sewers beneath Bluegate Fields, one of London's most notorious slums. But Arthur Waybourne had been drowned in his bath, not in the Thames. More shocking still was that the boy had been sexually violated and infected with...

Inspector Pitt follows a trail of corpses to solve a crime in this Victorian-Era mystery from the New York Times– bestselling author of Death on BlackheathLord Fitzroy-Hammond of Resurrection Row has been dead and buried three weeks when he turns up sitting atop a hansom cab. Grave robbing, though a crime, isn't Inspector Thomas Pitt's usual fare. But when the macabre joke is repeated, and the m...

Will the dangerous persistence of Charlotte and the quiet patience of Inspector Thomas Pitt make it possible to solve this most macabre and chilling mystery?Anne Perry's Rutland Place is the fifth novel featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, which sees the duo uncovering the darkest and most desperate secrets hidden in fashionable Rutland Place. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sarah Perry.'When Anne Perry puts T...