Anne Perry

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Paperback - Headline (2000)

First British Edition Headline (2000)

Half Moon Street

The body lies reclining in a punt, clothed in a tom dress, head thrown back in a mimic of ecstasy. It is a feminine pose but the body is distinctly-malt. –The case already reeks of scandal and the corpse is not even cold. Superintendent Pitt's inquiries lead him to London's Bohemia, where playwrights are fighting against censorship, and masters of light and shadow are experimenting with the new art of photography. Pitt discovers a different, darker side to the photographers' work and realises that what he is investigating is the most unnatural of killings.

Anne Perry lives in Scotland and her popular series featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt has recently been adapted for television. The Carter Street Hangman was watched by millions of viewers when it was broadcast by ITV. Also available from Headline are the critically acclaimed William Monk and Hester Latterly mysteries.

First British Edition Headline (1999)

Paperback - Headline (2000)

The Twisted Root
For Miriam Gardiner, attending a small party at the London home of her fiancé, Lucius Stourbridge, to celebrate their forthcoming marriage, it should have been one of the happiest days of her life, for the Stourbridges are a wealthy and well-respected family who, after some reservations concerning her status, have welcomed her as one their own. But, after making a sudden exit from the party, Miriam disappears without a trace.
Reluctant to cause a scandal, Lucius seeks out William Monk, a detective with a reputation for excellence and discretion. Monk's only lead is that the coachman Treadwell, a man of dubious character, is also missing, along with one of the family's coaches. Despite his feeling that the obvious answers to the questions raised by the case seem to provide only mundane and what must be ultimately depressing conclusions for a man so besotted with his prospective wife as Lucius Stourbridge, Monk offers to help. He can only assume that his recent marriage to Hester Latterly has left him in an unusually sentimental frame of mind.
The nature of the investigation soon alters when Treadwell's body is found and the cause of death is established as a single blow to the back of the head which could have been caused by a woman. When Monk finds evidence of a terrible secret in Miriam's past it becomes clear that, to prevent it being revealed, someone has killed, and may well do so again, unless he can stop them.
Acclaim for Anne Perry
'Beautifully crafted' Cosmopolitan
‘The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well written’ Guardian
‘The Troubles perfectly suit Perry’s gift for rooting large-scale social conflict in the minutiae of domestic intrigue’ Kirkus Reviews
‘Her Victorian England pulsates with life and is peopled with wonderfully memorable characters’ Faye Kellerman

First British Edition HarperCollins (1999)

Brunswick Gardens
The conservative clergy of the Church of England are under attack from the growing popularity of Darwinism. But was it really such a threat to Reverend Parmenter that he killed his assistant for believing in it? Superintendent Pitt is called in to prevent a scandal. Parmenter was about to be made bishop, and his assistant was an uncommonly beautiful young woman.
What seems to be a tragically cut-and-dried case turns into a series of ugly revelations about the politics of the church, dubious personal lives of its clerics, ambitions thwarted, promises unfulfilled, passions frustrated. As the Parmenter family struggles under the pressures of private grief and public duty, Pitt encounters a figure from his own past who augurs trouble wherever he goes...
'The books are infused with morality without being moralistic.' The Sunday Times
'This rewarding series has profound appeal' New York Times Book Review
'[Perry] mastered all the elements of top-notch historical fiction and mystery plotting' Publishers Weekly

First British Edition Headline (1999)

Paperback - Headline (2000)

Bedford Square
When a man is found murdered on the doorstep of a respectable house in Bedford Square, Victorian England's finest and most controversial policeman Thomas Pitt is immediately called to the scene. The only clue to the victim's identity is a silver snuff box found on the body, curiously at odds with the man's dishevelled appearance', and it is generally assumed that he must have been a thief caught in the act.
Pitt soon discovers that the box, and the house where the body was found, belong to none other than General Balantyne, a friend of his wife Charlotte, and a man Pitt knows to be a pillar of the community. He is dismayed to learn that Balantyne can barely recall the evening, let alone account for his movements.
Returning to Bow Street, Pitt is faced with a more pressing and alarming problem - the blackmail of Assistant Commissioner Cornwallis. It becomes evident that the two cases are somehow connected and Pitt finds himself embroiled in a fight to save the one thing he's spent his whole career trying to preserve - the integrity of Bow Street's police force.
Acclaim for the Inspector Pitt Series
'Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil, and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens' eyes pop' New York Times Book Review
'A splendidly plotted yarn' Publishers Weekly
'The novel has a totally contemporary feel and is admirably well-written' Guardian
'The Troubles perfectly suit Perry's gift for rooting large-scale social conflict in the minutiae of domestic intrigue' Kirkus Reviews
‘Ms Perry fashions a Victorian story with the sophisticated characterisation and psychological suspense that are everyday tools of the contemporary writer… the result is first rate’ New York Times Book Review

First British Edition Headline (1997)

The Silent Cry
It’s the dead of night in a notorious area of Victorian London’s Fast End known as St Giles. The streets arc narrow, dirty and dangerous, and sewage runs down the middle. The doorways are full of drunken and sleeping beggars - some of whom may even be dead from cold, hunger and illness. The police are avoided and the inhabitants live on the fringes of the law, having too much to hide ever to speak out against their own. So when a local factory girl stumbles over the bloody bodies of two City gentlemen, the most she’s willing to do is to scream for help.
When Detective John Evan finally arrives at the scene, he is confronted by a most difficult investigation. First he must identify the men: not an easy task when their personal belongings have been stolen, their clothes ripped and soiled and their bodies beaten almost beyond recognition. Then he must find out why men of obvious means and social standing would go to such a sordid area. Most importantly, who are their assailants? And how could they escape unharmed and unnoticed?
Mercifully, the younger victim is not quite dead. Having sustained terrible internal injuries, he’s later released home from hospital severely traumatised and unable to speak - to be told that the other victim, his father, is dead, and Hester Latterly has been employed to help nurse him back to full recovery.
With too many obstacles impeding his progress, Evan finally enlists the aid of his old friend, William Monk, who, together with Hester’s help, must unravel one of his most complex and shocking cases yet…