Someone on posh Callander Square will kill to keep a secret in this “superior” mystery from the New York Times–bestselling author of Twenty-One Days (The San Diego Union-Tribune). When two dead infants are dug up in the Callander Square gardens, the upper-class residents dismiss the burials as the desperate act of a low-born girl and resent the intrusion of Inspector Thomas Pitt into their … Inspector Thomas Pitt into their well-ordered lives. Pitt is not convinced that the case should be so easily dropped. Also intrigued by the mystery, Pitt’s well-born wife, Charlotte, pursues her own investigation into places Thomas would never have access—the parlors and inner chambers of the mansions on the fashionable square. With her sister Emily, Lady Ashworth, who lives on Callander Square, she delves into the lives and secrets of the residents. Thomas and Charlotte, now expecting their first child, form the perfect sleuthing couple. Elegant closets soon spill their skeletons exposing long-hidden secrets—secrets that could lead even the most upright aristocrat to kill.
But will Pitt’s keen investigative skills and Charlotte’s insights into the workings of high-class society solve the mystery in time to save the innocent residents of Callander Square from the murderer among them?
Callander Square is the 2nd book in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
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Love her books
I love this author. Her plots and characters are drawn so thoughtfully. The pace is pretty slow, however.
Great historical time. She makes the past real with characters that resonate.
I love books written from this era. Anne Perry is very good at showing the extreme differences in the genteel, their servants, and the working class. Even in the face of murders committed in the genteel community where everything is supposed to always be upstanding, people will talk.
Love this series of mysteries by Anne Perry. She’s always able to come up with a new plot that deals with class differences in London..
I always enjoy these books!
Seemed slow moving.
Love all Anne Perry books.
Love this author. Great historical mystery. Read the whole series.
Always enjoy Anne Perry’s books. Differences in classes and elements of the story as Charlotte and Thomas go about finding the answers to the case in hand.
Will read anything that Ann Perry writes.
Victorian atmosphere, attitudes and manners give wonderful authenticity to this suspenseful mystery.
I love strong intelligent female characters.
Love Anne Perry books ! Love this series the characters are realistic I can understand and feel the characters. Anne Perry is a great writer
Always love the Pitts!
It was a delight to read. Many writers have little imagination and a poor command of the English language but in Callander Square you had a story that kept you turning the pages. This is the first book I’ve read by Anne Perry and it won’t be the last.