Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman (USA 2011)

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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 swollen-faced bodies on the dark streets of this genteel neighborhood. Inspector Pitt, assigned to the case, must break through the walls of upper-class society to get at the truth. His in-depth investigation gradually peels away the proper veneer of the elite world, exposing secrets and desires until suspicion becomes more frightening than truth. Outspoken Charlotte Ellison, struggling to remain within the confining boundaries of Victorian manners, has no trouble expressing herself to the irritating policeman. As their relationship shifts from antagonistic sparring to a romantic connection, the socially mismatched pair must solve the mystery before the hangman strikes again.

Rich with authentic period details and blending suspenseful mystery with a budding romance between Inspector Pitt and Charlotte Ellison, The Cater Street Hangman launched the long-running series by Edgar Award-winning author Anne Perry, with recent titles including The Angel Court Affair and Treachery at Lancaster Gate. Also the creator of the William Monk Novels, Perry has become one of the great names in detective fiction. As the Philadelphia Inquirer says, "Pitt's compassion and Charlotte's cleverness make them compatible sleuths, as well as extremely congenial characters... Perry has the gift of making [the Victorian era] seem immediate and very much alive."

Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman. The First Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel. Early Bird Books / Open Road Media, ISBN: 9781453219089 (June, 2011), eBook (ca. 288 p.), $14.99.

Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman (USA 2008)

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"An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES

While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questioning causes many a composed facade to crumble, Pitt finds himself couriously drawn to pretty Charlotte Ellison. Yet, a romance between a society girl and so unsuitable a suitor was impossible in the midst of a murder...

Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman. The First Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel. Random House, ISBN: 9780345513564 (September, 2008), 287 p., $14.00.

Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman (USA 1992)

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They were the finest of families -until murder set skeletons rattling in their closets...
While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their own household was strangled to death. Quiet, young inspector Pist found no one above . suspicion-his investigation at the staid Ellison home caused many a composed façade to crumble into far-from-elegant panic.

But it was not panic beating in the heart of pretty Charlotte Ellison. And something more than brutal murder was on Inspector Pitt's mind. Yet, such a romance between a society girl and so unsuitable a suitor was impossible in the midst of murder...

"This is an ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES

Anne Perry: The Cater Street Hangman. A Victorian Mystery. Fawcett Crest, ISBN: 0449208672 (January, 1992), 287 p., $4.95.