Best Anne Perry Audiobooks
Anne Perry built two of Victorian mystery's most enduring franchises side by side — the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series, which begins with The Cater Street Hangman, and the William Monk novels, launched with The Face of a Stranger, where the detective hero can't remember his own past. That amnesia device is pure Perry: her mysteries are never just about who did it, but about identity, guilt, and the moral compromises buried beneath respectable Victorian society. Her prose is deliberate and atmospheric, heavy with period texture and class tension, and she gives her female characters — especially Charlotte Pitt — an intelligence and agency that feels genuinely subversive for the era she's depicting. Readers who want puzzle-box plotting above all may find her pacing slow, but for those who love character-driven historical mystery with something to say about power and justice, Perry is essential.
Where to Start with Anne Perry
- Best entry point → The Face of a Stranger
- Start the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series → The Cater Street Hangman
- What fans keep coming back to → The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- Best narrator for Anne Perry → Bedford Square
- Highest rated by listeners → A Breach of Promise (William Monk #9)
Best Anne Perry Audiobooks
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A Breach of Promise
William Monk • Book 9
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Terrence Hardiman
★ 4.27 ABR Score (6.1K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (5.5K) ★ 4.69 Audible (642)More about this pick
Architect Killian Melville refuses to marry his supposed fiancée, sparking a scandalous Victorian lawsuit. Terrence Hardiman guides listeners through Perry's courtroom mystery with authority.
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The Sins of the Wolf
William Monk • Book 5
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.23 ABR Score (7.3K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.61 Audible (810)More about this pick
Nurse Hester's simple job escorting an elderly Scottish lady to London becomes a murder charge when her patient dies overnight from poison. Davina Porter's performance heightens the Victorian courtroom drama's life-or-death stakes.
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Murder on the Serpentine
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 32
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.22 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)★ 4.16 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.67 Audible (479)More about this pick
Thomas Pitt undertakes a dangerous secret mission for Queen Victoria that could end his career permanently. Jenny Sterlin handles both royal intrigue and domestic scenes with Victorian authenticity.
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Defend and Betray
William Monk • Book 3
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.20 ABR Score (8.0K ratings)★ 4.06 Goodreads (6.9K) ★ 4.56 Audible (1.1K)More about this pick
When Alexandra Carlyon confesses to murdering her war hero husband, the investigative trio must uncover what really happened. Davina Porter navigates Victorian social complexities while building toward shocking revelations about marriage and duty.
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A Dangerous Mourning
William Monk • Book 2
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.17 ABR Score (9.8K ratings)★ 4.04 Goodreads (8.5K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.3K)More about this pick
Inspector Monk investigates when scandal finally touches the aristocratic Moidore family—in the form of a daughter stabbed to death in their own home. Davina Porter's narration captures Perry's Victorian atmosphere and the social tensions that make everyone a suspect.
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Execution Dock
William Monk • Book 16
by Anne Perry
Narrated by David Colacci
★ 4.09 ABR Score (4.0K ratings)★ 4.07 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.66 Audible (196)More about this pick
David Colacci navigates the Thames docks where merchant ships unload imperial treasures and William Monk confronts the empire's darkest crimes in Victorian London.
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Dark Assassin
William Monk • Book 15
by Anne Perry
Narrated by David Colacci
★ 4.08 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 4.01 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.61 Audible (299)More about this pick
Thames River Police Superintendent Monk investigates crimes in Victorian London's underground world of sewers and secrets. David Colacci's narration captures both the claustrophobic underground settings and the period's social tensions.
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The Face of a Stranger
William Monk • Book 1
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.07 ABR Score (21.6K ratings)★ 4.03 Goodreads (19.5K) ★ 4.36 Audible (2.1K)More about this pick
Victorian London police detective William Monk must solve a murder while hiding the fact that an accident erased his entire memory and identity.
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Resurrection row
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 4
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.06 ABR Score (8.4K ratings)★ 3.93 Goodreads (7.8K) ★ 4.5 Audible (636)More about this pick
Inspector Pitt investigates when a peer's corpse appears sitting upright in a hansom cab after already being buried, uncovering secrets worth killing for.
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Belgrave Square
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 12
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.06 ABR Score (4.9K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (4.5K) ★ 4.54 Audible (422)More about this pick
An obscure moneylender's murder reveals a client list of London's wealthy elite, exposing blackmail schemes that threaten the city's most powerful families.
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Dark Tide Rising
William Monk • Book 24
by Anne Perry
Narrated by David Colacci
★ 4.06 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 4.1 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.52 Audible (364)More about this pick
Commander William Monk faces possible betrayal from his own Thames River Police during a deadly ransom exchange in the treacherous waters around Jacob's Island.
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Long Spoon Lane
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 24
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.05 ABR Score (3.5K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.3K) ★ 4.67 Audible (200)More about this pick
Thomas Pitt investigates anarchist bombings that destroy poor families' homes, but the case grows more complex when the terrorist leader is shot by an unknown gunman.
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A Sudden, Fearful Death
William Monk • Book 4
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.04 ABR Score (7.4K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (6.5K) ★ 4.44 Audible (833)More about this pick
Inspector Monk investigates when a Crimean War nurse is strangled in a London hospital, uncovering both her remarkable past and fragments of his own lost memories. Davina Porter captures Victorian atmosphere beautifully.
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Death in the Devil's Acre
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 7
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.04 ABR Score (6.2K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (5.6K) ★ 4.49 Audible (549)More about this pick
Inspector Thomas Pitt and wife Charlotte investigate a series of brutal murders in London's most dangerous neighborhood, where the victims span all social classes. Porter's narration captures Perry's Victorian atmosphere while maintaining the mystery's mounting tension.
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Buckingham Palace Gardens
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 25
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Jenny Sterlin
★ 4.03 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.1K) ★ 4.63 Audible (208)More about this pick
Victorian intrigue meets royal scandal when a prostitute's murder disrupts the Prince of Wales's grand plans for an African railroad in this Charlotte & Thomas Pitt mystery.
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Callander Square
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 2
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.02 ABR Score (14.3K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (13.1K) ★ 4.41 Audible (1.2K)More about this pick
Victorian London's fashionable Callander Square hosts two impossible murders, and Charlotte Pitt's curiosity leads her into the dangerous secrets of the wealthy elite.
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Death on Blackheath
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 29
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.01 ABR Score (3.9K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (3.5K) ★ 4.49 Audible (425)More about this pick
Commander Thomas Pitt investigates seemingly minor incidents that spiral into matters of national security involving naval secrets and missing servants.
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Bethlehem Road
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 10
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.01 ABR Score (5.4K ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (4.9K) ★ 4.45 Audible (485)More about this pick
A gentleman found murdered on Westminster Bridge launches Pitt into Victorian London's political underworld. The elegant victim's mysterious death exposes corruption at Parliament's highest levels.
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Corridors of the Night
William Monk • Book 21
by Anne Perry
Narrated by David Collacci
★ 4.00 ABR Score (3.8K ratings)★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.4K) ★ 4.49 Audible (350)More about this pick
Hester Monk discovers children being drained of blood in a hospital's secret ward while her husband battles gun-runners. Collacci's performance builds tension across both parallel investigations.
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The Cater Street Hangman
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 1
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.00 ABR Score (24.2K ratings)★ 3.91 Goodreads (22.4K) ★ 4.34 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
Victorian sisters Charlotte and Emily Ellison ignore social propriety to assist Inspector Pitt's investigation into their servant's murder. Davina Porter excels at capturing both the period's constraints and these women's determination to break them.