The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group discussion

Anne Perry writes Victorian Era mysteries. She is accurate all the way. I love her style. Has anyone else read Anne Perry and feel about her the same way I do?

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Catamorandi wrote: "Anne Perry writes Victorian Era mysteries. She is accurate all the way. I love her style. Has anyone else read Anne Perry and feel about her the same way I do?"

Hi Catamorandi, I have read quite a few of her Thomas and Charlotte Pitt books and also the William Monk series and I agree she captures Victorian England wonderfully.

Have you read any of her new series set during W W I?

Ditto. I've enjoyed all of Anne Perry's mystery series, though I miss the active involvement of Charlotte and Hester in Pitt's and Monk's cases. I was sorry to have the WWI series end, but I appreciate Ms. Perry's wrapping everything up in the last book...

No. I haven't read any WW1 books of hers. I might since there is a lot of interest in them.

I have read some of the Pitt novels, but not the others. I like what I've read.

I'm in the middle of the Monk books... started with the Pitt books but find that I prefer Monk and Hester... when in doubt on what to read, I like to pick up
Anne Perry.

Donna wrote: "Catamorandi wrote: "Anne Perry writes Victorian Era mysteries. She is accurate all the way. I love her style. Has anyone else read Anne Perry and feel about her the same way I do?"

Hi Catamor..."

I love the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt books. It has been awhile since i read one.

I think Anne Perry probably captures Victorian times but I am always annoyed about how the women are treated in her books. Not "allowed" to read newspapers or have opinions (except about superficial matters). I always feel like throttling the men in Perry's books and the women in the stories who go along with them.

I liked each of those Anne Perry series. I havne't got into her third series though - something to do with WWI, I think.

I believe I bogged down probably at 4-5 books into the series. Not really bored with them or anything, just that I found other books that grabbed my interest more and they are sitting on the shelf.

But I think the first in each series were both excellent.

I bought the first book in the Monk series recently, so I'm glad to hear the positive comments. I've never read Anne Perry before but I'm looking forward to it.

Has anybody here ever done any research on Anne Perry, herself? I had heard some interesting rumors but was flabbergasted when I did my own research. I will leave this as a teaser but suffice it to say that she had an intriguing childhood/young adulthood.

Yes, a most... interesting... perspective for a mystery novelist, I often think.

Catamorandi began a group calling for enthuse Anne Perry fans to join a group called The_Mystery_of_Victorian_England http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/5... a few years ago. This discussion thread likely is more from her interest in the subject of Victorian England and etc.
Check out the link and see a little of what she or others had posted what hasn't been deleted since the group became dormant and she left as our moderator.

I've read most of her Monk and Pitt books and one of her WW1 books. She actually gets her male characters to be more interesting than her women- except Hester who is well delineated.What I find irritating is the constant autorial voice reiterating class differences- I know they existed then and I wish she would just get on with the character. Its also frustrating that after the intial teaser about Monk's past life, it doesn't come up except in her latest book. This is an interesting find about her own past- must look it up!

If you have seen the Film Heavenly Creatures the character played by Kate Winslet is based on Anne Perry. Her real name was Juliet Hulme.

I'm kind of partial to the Patrick Bowers Files by Steven James (favorites change from time to time, but I'v enjoyed these).

The Pawn
The Rook
The Knight
The Bishop
The Queen: A Patrick Bowers Thriller

I have read 10 of Anne Perry's Mysteries and loved them
all. William Monk is introduced in Face of a Stranger and is a must-read. William and Charlotte Pitt are so
much fun. Love this series too. I have been reading Anne Perry since 2001. I guess I should look into her
WWI series as I have never heard or read any. Don't miss out on this very good writer who captures the culture, mores of the Victorian age.

I also enjoy Anne Perry's books, especially the William Monk series. I recently read Resurrection Row (Thomas Pitt) and although I enjoyed the characters and setting, as usual, I found the plot a little far fetched.

I was lucky enough to meet and chat with Anne briefly at the Surrey Writers Conference in 2008. She's a very interesting woman.

I've read most of Anne Perry's mysteries and enjoyed them very much but I often feel that the books end very abruptly; I find that I want to know a little more about what happens to the characters after their crime is exposed or whatever. Does any one else feel this way?

I have been reading Anne Perry's books since A Sudden and Fearful Death came out. I enjoy the Monk books far more than the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt ones. I feel that Charlotte gets into the most unlikely situations some of them verging on silly. I haven't found the endings to be too abrupt but felt her last two Monk books have to be read together as they are really part of the same story. I suppose the book would have been just too long to be one volume. I thought Execution Dock and Acceptable Loss were two of her best stories yet.