Anne Perry Charlotte And Thomas Pitt Series Books In Order

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Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Books In Order

Set in Victorian England, the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series revolves around Thomas Pitt, a police inspector who works for the Metropolitan Police in London. His clever and resourceful wife, Charlotte, assists him on the cases he investigates.

Readers love how Anne Perry expertly weaves historical events, political intrigue, and social tensions into her plots, providing a rich portrait of Victorian society and exploring themes of justice, morality, and loyalty at the same time. Her detailed depiction of the era is buoyed by her lively characters, who come from an array of backgrounds and social classes and are much beloved by readers.

While each book has a standalone mystery for the Pitts to solve, there is also an overarching narrative that follows the personal and professional development of Thomas and Charlotte.

A number of supporting characters in this series also appear in Anne Perry’s Daniel Pitt series and her Christmas Stories.

1. The Cater Street Hangman

In the debut of the New York Times–bestselling Victorian crime series, Inspector Thomas Pitt seeks an elusive strangler among upper-class British society.

2. Callander Square

When the bodies of two infants are discovered in the gardens of a quiet, elegant square in London, Charlotte Ellison, a Victorian policeman’s wife, and her sister Emily conduct an unorthodox inquiry into the secret scandals of Callander Square

3. Paragon Walk

When innocent Fanny Nash of exclusive Paragon Walk dies in the arms of her exquisite sister-in-law, Jessamyn, Inspector Pitt is assigned to investigate her rape and murder.

4. Resurrection Row

Lord Fitzroy-Hammond of Resurrection Row has been dead and buried three weeks when he turns up sitting atop a hansom cab. Grave robbing, though a crime, isn’t Inspector Thomas Pitt’s usual fare. But when the macabre joke is repeated

5. Rutland Place

When her mother asks her help in finding a lost locket with a compromising picture, neither Charlotte Pitt, nor her mother, has any idea that the locket may be at the center of a bizarre chain of events leading to murder.

6. Bluegate Fields

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt must solve the case of a young gentleman’s sordid murder—before an innocent man hangs.

7. Death in the Devil’s Acre

The sleuthing couple pursues a serial killer through Victorian London

8. Cardington Crescent

Charlotte Pitt defends her own sister against a murder charge in Victorian England

9. Silence in Hanover Close

Inspector Pitt is charged with murder in this “gripping and highly satisfying” entry in the bestselling Victorian mystery series

10. Bethlehem Road

In the few minutes it takes to cross Westminster Bridge, Sir Lockwood Hamilton has his throat slit and is tied securely to the lamppost with his evening scarf. The killer then vanishes

11. Highgate Rise

Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire in the peaceful suburb of Highgate. But the blaze was set by an arsonist, and it is unclear whether she or Dr. Shaw was the intended victim

12. Belgrave Square

When an obscure moneylender named William Weems is murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, there are no mourners—and there is more than a little discreet rejoicing

13. Farriers’ Lane

When the distinguished Mr. Justice Stafford dies of opium poisoning, his shocking demise resurrects one of the most sensational cases ever to inflame England: the murder five years before of Kingsley Blaine

14. The Hyde Park Headsman

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

15. Traitors Gate

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

16. Pentecost Alley

The murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley should occasion no stir in Victoria’s great metropolis, but under the victim’s body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge

17. Ashworth Hall

When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gather at a country house to discuss Irish home rule, contention is to be expected.

18. Brunswick Gardens

In London’s affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin’s revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies

19. Bedford Square

The freshly dead body sprawled on the Bedford Square doorstep of General Brandon Balantyne is an affront to every respectable sensibility. The general denies all knowledge

20. Half Moon Street

For Superintendent Thomas Pitt, the sight of the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames is unforgettable.

21. The Whitechapel Conspiracy

In 1892, the grisly murders of Whitechapel prostitutes four years earlier by a killer dubbed Jack the Ripper remain a terrifying enigma. And in a packed Old Bailey courtroom, Superintendent Thomas Pitt’s testimony

22. Southampton Row

In Victorian England, a divisive election is fast approaching. Passions are so enflamed that Thomas Pitt, shrewd mainstay of the London police, has been ordered not to solve a crime

23. Seven Dials

Thomas Pitt, mainstay of Her Majesty’s Special Branch, is summoned to Connaught Square mansion, where the body of a junior diplomat lies huddled in a wheelbarrow.

24. Long Spoon Lane

After bombs explode during an anarchist attack in Long Spoon Lane, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot…but by whom?

25. Buckingham Palace Gardens

The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But the prince’s gathering proves disastrous

26. Treason at Lisson Grove

The man who lies bleeding to death in a London brickyard is no ordinary drifter but a secret informant with details of an international plot against the British government. Special Branch officer Thomas Pitt

27. Dorchester Terrace

Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line

28. Midnight at Marble Arch

The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the jurisdiction of new Special Branch head Thomas Pitt

29. Death on Blackheath

As commander of the powerful Special Branch, Thomas Pitt has the job of keeping Britain safe from spies and traitors. So there’s no obvious reason why he is suddenly ordered to investigate two minor incidents

30. The Angel Court Affair

As the 19th century draws to a close, most of Europe is in political turmoil, and terrorist threats loom large across the continent.

31. Treachery at Lancaster Gate

When an explosion in London kills two policemen and seriously injures three more, many believe that anarchists are the culprits. But Thomas Pitt

32. Murder on the Serpentine

A mission for queen and country places the future of the British Empire squarely in Thomas Pitt’s hands.