Belgrave Square, Anne Perry
Belgrave Square, Anne Perry
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Belgrave Square

Author: Anne Perry

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 14 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/21/2010


Synopsis

The 12th mystery in the beloved Inspector and Charlotte Pitt Victorian mystery series, now a hardcover success. When a moneylender named William Weems is murdered, there is discreet rejoicing among those whose meager earnings he devoured. But the plot thickens when Inspector Pitt finds a list of London's distinguished gentlemen in Weems' office.

About Anne Perry

Sometimes the personal story of a particular author seems almost as intriguing as the books they write. Such is the life of British author Anne Perry (aka Juliet Marion Hulme). As a child Hulme was very ill with tuberculosis and ended up being fostered out by a family in the Caribbean. She did get better, and the family moved to a private island in New Zealand, where she describes her life as a Swiss family Robinson type existence. She became ill again and during her bouts of illness through her teen years, she missed most of her childhood education. However, her mother had prepared her by teaching her how to read and write by the time she was four. Her heart always seemed to be in writing.

At the age of 15, Juliet and her best friend plotted and killed her friend's mother. The three went for a walk in the park and Hulme dropped a stone, causing the mother to bend over to pick it up, and her friend hit her own mother on the head with a half brick. They had planned on the strike killing her, but they had to strike her 20 times before she was dead. The girls were put on trial and each served five years in prison. It is said that they never saw each other again after being released. For many years, nobody connected author Anne Perry as the teen murderer, Juliet Hulme. In 1994, the film Heavenly Creatures, portrayed Hulme and her friend Pauline Parker with characters being played by Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey respectively.

Perry's genre of writing covers Victorian Era Detective fiction for the most part. Her novels have been centered around two main characters, Thomas Pitt and William Monk. She has published 47 novels and several collections of stories.


Reviews

Goodreads review by C. (Comment, never msg). on April 09, 2021

Having débuted in 1979, I can’t “Belgrave Square” is volume 12, published in 1992. Each portrays that same year, of the 1800s. Anne Perry’s is the first historical fiction series I love. We compassionately observe the poor and affluent in England, whilst the inspector and his wife relate to today’s......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on May 30, 2017

OH HOLY SHIT GUYS. (Also, yeah we all know that Plot A and Plot B will merge, shut up) Plot A: Pitt is called in to investigate the murder of a sketchy-ass usurer named Weems, who was shot in his own house (the ME figures out that someone loaded a big ol' gun with GOLD COINS and BLASTED HIM IN THE FA......more

Goodreads review by We Are All Mad Here on July 25, 2022

Was this one more enjoyable than others in the series I've read recently? I think so. But it is all becoming kind of a blur. Thomas Pitt as usual takes certain things at face value, even though your average 8-year-old with a spy/detective kit would know to question those things. Basically a given cha......more

Goodreads review by Sue on February 03, 2014

I don't think anyone is surprised at the end by who killed the unsavory usurer, although the way it is wrapped up in the end was a surprise. This book focuses less on the vagaries of Victorian society and more on politics in the era so I liked it and gave it 4 stars. The Inner Circle is introduced a......more

Goodreads review by Kathryn on August 14, 2018

Anne Perry never disappoints.......more