Best Anne Perry Audiobooks

The best Anne Perry audiobooks — 25 titles ranked by listening experience across Mystery, averaging 4.04 ABR stars.

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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.

Anne Perry's highest-rated audiobook in our collection is The Face of a Stranger, narrated by Davina Porter (4.07 ABR stars). Performed by narrators including Davina Porter, Michael Kramer, Terrence Hardiman, and more. Rankings here weight the listening experience — narrator performance and Audible ratings factor alongside reader scores.

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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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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)
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    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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