Her first novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published under this name in 1979. She changed her name to "Anne Perry" after serving a five-year sentence. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she was convicted of participating in the murder of her friend's mother. If you enjoy this type of mystery stories you will be happy choosing this book.Anne Perry (born Juliet Hulme) was an English author of historical detective fiction, best known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk series. Perry has a excellent command of the English language and builds her plot in an interesting way. The suspense builds up as the story goes along. The pace of the story is slow with lots of details of family and societal life of the 1880. Pitt is the investigator on the case and he interviews the Ellison family.
This book has a series of murders of young women in the Cater street neighborhood where Charlotte lives.
In both of Perry's series she has the woman lead fighting against the restraints that society was placing on women. The father or husband was to read the paper and then read or summarize what he thought was suitable for the women to know. I was surprised to learn that it was not acceptable behavior for women to read a newspaper. I enjoy Perry's stories of Victorian England because she does so much research and places her fictional story into a real scene. This one is set in the 1880's in England. I have almost finished the Monk series set in 1850's London so thought I would try Perry's other series. This is the first book in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Series. I am going to try one more, just because so many others enjoy her books, but if it is another Victorian soap opera, that will be it for me. Many people love Anne Perry's mysteries, so I tried this one, and I was very disappointed.
Stop relying on listener's comments that simply say the book was "wonderful" or "marvellous" and start paying more attention to the listener's comments that take the time to actually describe why the listener so liked or so disliked the book. What three words best describe Christina Moore’s performance?ĭid The Cater Street Hangman inspire you to do anything?īe more careful in choosing my next audio book. It's more about the relationships and prejudices of a Victorian era family. I would not reccomend this book to someone who is looking for a Victorian era mystery because that's not truly what the book is about. Would you recommend The Cater Street Hangman to your friends? Why or why not? I would say 85% of the book has lillte if anything to do with the mystery. This book is more about the interaction between the members of a Victorian era upperclass family then about a Victorian era mystery. Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
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