Traitors Gate, Anne Perry
Traitors Gate, Anne Perry
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Traitors Gate

Author: Anne Perry

Narrator: Jenny Sterlin

Unabridged: 16 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/12/2021


Synopsis

Someone in the Colonial Office is passing secrets to Germany about England’s strategy on Africa. While Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt investigates this
matter of treason, he is quietly looking into the tragic death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. Pitt believes that Sir Arthur was murdered, and that
the crime is connected with the treachery in the government. And when the strangled body of an aristocratic society beauty is found floating near lonely
Traitors Gate, Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, begin to see clearly the pattern of tragedy and frightening evil that Pitt must deal with, at the risk of his career—and his life.

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 Monica on September 01, 2018

This mystery is rich with atmosphere and character development. There is political intrigue with corruption that goes fairly deep into the British government. A person might be tempted to despair with so much corruption except for the counterbalance of deep friendship, loyalty, and respect shown to......more

Goodreads review by Lori on July 07, 2020

One of my favourite Ann Perry book’s thus far. I tend to find the William Monk series more appealing - its a bit more brooding and edgy. However this Thomas and Charlotte Pitt instalment ranks up there as one of the best so far. Thomas is now Superintendent of Police and is enlisted in an investigat......more

Goodreads review by Donna on August 12, 2018

Even though these books follow a formula, it is just absolutely amazing that I get carried away with each one. It is like reading about old friends and I feel for Thomas every time he gets screwed by the class conscious snobs of Victorian England. I feel outrage over the way people are treated and h......more

Goodreads review by Amy on June 13, 2010

This book too over 200 pages for me to really get into. I like faster moving books than this. I know this was a period piece, but when I had to take a break and read other books in between, that is not a good thing to me. I liked how the story moved towards the end, but it could have kept that inten......more

Goodreads review by Jane on September 04, 2013

A few comments about this book: The author switches point of view, which is normal enough, but I don't think the switching added up to any great revelations. I feel like if the author switches around from one character to another and it serves no other purpose than to just be a convenience for the au......more