The Hyde Park Headsman, Anne Perry
The Hyde Park Headsman, Anne Perry
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The Hyde Park Headsman

Author: Anne Perry

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 15 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/08/2020


Synopsis

Not since the bloody deeds of Jack the Ripper have Londoners felt such terror as that aroused by the gruesome beheadings in Hyde
Park. And if newly promoted Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt does not quickly apprehend the perpetrator, he is likely to lose his
own head, professionally speaking. Yet even with the help of Charlotte Pitt’s subtle investigation, the sinister violence continues
unchecked. And in a shocking turn of events that nearly convinces the pair of sleuths that they have met their match, the case proves
to be Pitt’s toughest ever.

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 January 12, 2024

Let me share a historic fact. In 1994, this was the last book Anne Perry published before Peter Jackson made a film of her childhood mistake. My New Zealand friend informed me he stuck to her original name for her family’s privacy. A journalist sniffed out the authoress in Scotland and nobody since......more

Goodreads review by Riccarla Roman on November 12, 2011

Years ago I read every Thomas and Charlotte Pitt book when it came out. Having just read the Sebastian St. Cyr Regency mysteries, I decided to revisit the Pitts in the later Victorian period. They are as charming as ever although Thomas has now become the Superintendent of the police department. He......more

Goodreads review by Gina on June 21, 2018

This was a tricky one. I knew one murderer from the beginning, but there was still a nice twist. Plus, I laughed out loud when Charlotte told a party full of people that Grandmama, who’d been pretending to faint while throwing a fit, was drunk!!......more

Goodreads review by Martina on January 15, 2022

Meticolosa come sempre la Perry nella descrizione della Londra ottocentesca e dei personaggi delle varie classi sociali, mettendone in evidenza pregi e difetti. Forse stavolta un tantino troppo, quasi a rasentare la pedanteria. Ma l'indagine di Pitt, coadiuvato dall'impareggiabile moglie Charlotte e......more