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 → Callander Square
- Highest rated by listeners → A Breach of Promise (William Monk #9)
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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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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.
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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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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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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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Silence in Hanover Close
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 9
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Michael Kramer
★ 3.83 ABR Score (7.1K ratings)★ 4.02 Goodreads (5.4K) ★ 4.16 Audible (1.8K)More about this pick
Inspector Thomas Pitt's investigation into a cold case murder in London's wealthy Hanover Close reveals shocking secrets among the elite. The Victorian class dynamics and social intrigue unfold through expertly crafted period atmosphere.
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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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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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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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Paragon Walk
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 3
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.92 ABR Score (10.0K ratings)★ 3.83 Goodreads (9.1K) ★ 4.35 Audible (889)More about this pick
Davina Porter voices another Victorian mystery as Inspector Thomas Pitt and Charlotte investigate a brutal rape and murder on London's posh Paragon Walk. The elegant masks of well-born suspects hide ugly secrets beneath their handsome facades.
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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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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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Bluegate Fields
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 6
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.99 ABR Score (6.4K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (5.8K) ★ 4.43 Audible (609)More about this pick
Inspector Pitt investigates an upper-class boy's murder in London's worst slums while the victim's family stonewalls the investigation. Victorian class tensions simmer beneath this disturbing crime.
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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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Rutland Place
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 5
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.97 ABR Score (6.9K ratings)★ 3.9 Goodreads (6.3K) ★ 4.41 Audible (611)More about this pick
Victorian secrets spiral toward murder when Charlotte Pitt's mother loses a compromising photograph. Davina Porter guides you through elegant drawing rooms hiding terrible truths with perfect period sensibility.
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An Echo of Murder
William Monk • Book 23
by Anne Perry
Narrated by David Colacci
★ 3.96 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (3.1K) ★ 4.39 Audible (574)More about this pick
Thames River Commander Monk hunts a killer who murders Hungarian immigrants in ritualistic scenes surrounded by sixteen candles. The pattern behind these gruesome deaths will keep you guessing until the final reveal.
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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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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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Highgate Rise
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 11
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.96 ABR Score (5.0K ratings)★ 3.95 Goodreads (4.5K) ★ 4.41 Audible (498)More about this pick
Inspector Pitt investigates whether Clemency Shaw died in a tragic fire or deliberate arson targeting her prominent doctor husband. Davina Porter navigates Victorian social tensions with her signature period authenticity.
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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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Midnight at Marble Arch
Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 28
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.95 ABR Score (4.3K ratings)★ 3.92 Goodreads (3.8K) ★ 4.43 Audible (428)More about this pick
Beneath Victorian society's glittering surface, Charlotte and Thomas Pitt investigate a world where powerful men escape consequences while women face blame for violence against them.
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Blind Justice
William Monk • Book 19
by Anne Perry
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 3.89 ABR Score (4.2K ratings)★ 4 Goodreads (3.7K) ★ 4.29 Audible (520)More about this pick
Judge Oliver Rathbone faces his most challenging case when a beloved minister stands accused of devastating fraud in Victorian England. Porter's narration captures the moral complexity of a courtroom where faith and justice clash.
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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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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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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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