All 32 The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels Books In Order at Book DNA

1
The Cater Street Hangman

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,…

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2
Callander Square

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…

3
Paragon Walk

In the posh London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable crime is committed: A young woman is brutally raped and murdered.

Once again, that incomparable team of sleuths Inspector Thomas Pitt and his young wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the wellborn suspects…

4
Resurrection Row

Unconventional Charlotte Pitt and her husband, Inspector Pitt, encounter the challenging problem of a series of gruesome grave robbings in Victorian London

5
Rutland Place

Victorian sleuths Inspector Thomas Pitt and his unconventional wife, Charlotte, investigate a series of crimes near her parents' home in fashionable Rutland Place

6
Bluegate Fields

From a New York Times–bestselling author, Charlotte and Thomas Pitt must solve the case of a young gentleman’s sordid 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…

7
Death in the Devil's Acre

When a doctor is found brutally murdered in the lurid section of London aptly named “Devil’s Acre,” even its most hardened residents are stunned. But shock soon turns to horror when Inspector Thomas Pitt discovers three more bodies with the same gruesome “calling card”: a stab wound in the back…

8
Cardington Crescent

Murder strikes close to Inspector Pitt and his irrepressible wife, Charlotte, when Charlotte's brother-in-law is found dead, poisoned by his morning coffee

9
Silence in Hanover Close

Inspector Pitt's wife Charlotte travels in disguise to an exclusive neighborhood to investigate the three-year-old murder of a high official in the Foreign Office, in a period mystery set in Victorian London

10
Bethlehem Road

When a series of brutal murders terrorizes Victorian London, Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte search for a vicious killer in a city torn apart by workers' strikes and the battle for women's suffrage

11
Highgate Rise

"Perry gets the Victorian mood just right...Settle in with this one on a rainy day."
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Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire. But whether the blaze was set by an arsonist aiming for the doctor, or set by the doctor himself, Inspector…

12
Belgrave Square

"The author has the eyes of a hawk for character nuance and her claws out for signs of the criminal injustices rampant among the privileged classes during this gilded historical perilousness."
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When low-life moneylender William Weems is found murdered, there are few to mourn his…

13
Farriers' Lane

"Gripping and intense...Her characters are authentically and appealingly drawn, and her plot is sinister."
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When a distinguished judge dies of opium poisoning, the crucifixion five years before of Kingsley Blaine is brought back into the public eye, and it is screaming for revenge. The police had arrested a Jewish…

14
The Hyde Park Headsman

Police Supervisor Thomas Pitt and his sleuthing wife, Charlotte, investigate a series of gruesome decapitation murders in Hyde Park that are terrifying Victorian London. 50,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.

15
Traitors Gate

Someone is passing secrets to the Germans....

Britain's strategy in Africa is finding its way to the kaiser's government....

As Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt investigates the leak in the Colonial Office, he quietly looks into the tragic death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. Pitt believes he was murdered,…

16
Pentecost Alley

The ritual murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley would ordinarily occasion no stir in Victoria's great metropolis. But under the victim's body the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name Finlay Fitzjames--a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt…

17
Ashworth Hall

With every book she writes, Anne Perry, the supreme enchanter among historical novelists, contributes a mesmerizing new chapter to her magical re-creation of Victorian England. Here, she abandons London's cobblestone streets and exclusive drawing rooms for a great country house, Ashworth Hall, where a fateful secret conference is about to…

18
Brunswick Gardens

Like the great Victorian novelists whose mantle she wears with such distinction, Anne Perry creates a rich and intimate world and fills it with remarkably vivid characters who experience the majesty--and shame--of the British Empire at its brilliant zenith. Now, in Brunswick Gardens, she explores the controversial birth of a…

19
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 called immediately to the scene. The only clue to the victim's identity is a silver snuff box found on the body, curiously at odds…

20
Half Moon Street

The body lies reclined in a punt, clothed in a torn dress, head thrown back in a mimic of ecstasy. It is a feminine pose but the body is distinctly male. The case already reeks of scandal and the body is not even cold. Pitt is the natural choice to…

21
The Whitechapel Conspiracy

When evidence presented in court by Thomas Pitt leads to the execution of a distinguished soldier and archaeologist, the retaliation from the hanged man's influential friends is swift. The murderer was a member of the Inner Circle, a group of men whose power extends further than Pitt realised was possible,…

22
Southampton Row

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…

23
Seven Dials

Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Imperial Secret Service. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot and the prime suspect is the Egyptian mistress of a senior cabinet minister. But some things don't add up at the scene of the…

24
Long Spoon Lane

Anne Perry’s bestselling Victorian novels offer readers an elixir as addictively rich as Devonshire cream or English ale–enticing millions into a literary world almost as real as the original. While flower sellers, costermongers, shopkeepers, and hansom drivers ply their trades, the London police watch over all. Or so people believe.…

25
Buckingham Palace Gardens

In the latest compelling book in Anne Perry's bestselling Pitt series, Inspector Thomas Pitt must navigate the upper echelons of society if he is to find a murderer bold enough to kill in Buckingham Palace.
Early one morning, Inspector Thomas Pitt is awoken by a message from his boss, Narraway.…

26
Treason at Lisson Grove

Another fantastic Pitt novel from the master storyteller of the Victorian mystery.
1895 and an increasingly violent tide of political unrest is rising fast all over Europe. Special Branch's Inspector Thomas Pitt knows that they must find those responsible before England is overrun by reformists intent on overthrowing the government.…

27
Dorchester Terrace

Anne Perry’s acclaimed Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels have made London’s exclusive world of wealth and power an addictive literary destination for readers everywhere. This new masterpiece, a haunting story of love and treason, invites us not only into the secret places of Britain’s power but also into the innermost…

28
Midnight at Marble Arch

Loyal, honest and, above all, principled. There is no finer detective in Victorian London than Thomas Pitt.

It is 1896, and Thomas Pitt is in charge of Special Branch. He is beginning to understand the power he now commands, but is still ill at ease at the glittering events he…

29
Death on Blackheath

Greenwich, 1897. A macabre scene is discovered outside a house on Shooters Hill. There has been a vicious fight, and amid the bloodstains are locks of long auburn hair. Thomas Pitt, head of Special Branch, is called: this is the home of Dudley Kynaston, a minister with access to some…

30
The Angel Court Affair

When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia preached new, and some…

31
Treachery at Lancaster Gate

Book cover of Treachery at Lancaster Gate

Thomas Pitt arrives at a devastating bombing in Lancaster Gate to find two policemen dead and three more gravely wounded. London's anarchists are blamed, but as Pitt and Inspector Tellman investigate they find it looks increasingly like a personal vendetta against those particular men. Did they lie about a drugs…

32
Murder on the Serpentine

The queen of the Victorian mystery, New York Times bestseller Anne Perry returns with the 32nd novel in the Inspector Pitt series MURDER ON THE SERPENTINE. Pitt is on a secret mission for the Queen, maybe his last...

London, 1899: Head of Special Branch Commander Thomas Pitt is summoned to…

32 The Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels books in order

1 The Cater Street Hangman

S.K.'s list on the best page-turning mysteries set in victorian england

Anastasia's list on the best books for that dark and stormy victorian vibe

Eleanor's list on the best historical mysteries with a dash of social commentary

Helen's list on the best historical novels about strong women surviving the restrictions society and men in their lives place upon them

2 Callander Square

3 Paragon Walk

4 Resurrection Row

5 Rutland Place

6 Bluegate Fields

7 Death in the Devil's Acre

8 Cardington Crescent

9 Silence in Hanover Close

10 Bethlehem Road

11 Highgate Rise

12 Belgrave Square

13 Farriers' Lane

14 The Hyde Park Headsman

15 Traitors Gate

16 Pentecost Alley

17 Ashworth Hall

18 Brunswick Gardens

19 Bedford Square

20 Half Moon Street

21 The Whitechapel Conspiracy

22 Southampton Row

23 Seven Dials

24 Long Spoon Lane

25 Buckingham Palace Gardens

26 Treason at Lisson Grove

27 Dorchester Terrace

28 Midnight at Marble Arch

29 Death on Blackheath

30 The Angel Court Affair

31 Treachery at Lancaster Gate

32 Murder on the Serpentine