Anne Perry (1938–2023)

Author of The Cater Street Hangman

222+ Works 50,164 Members 1,663 Reviews 83 Favorited

About the Author

Anne Perry was born Juliet Hume on October 28, 1938 in Blackheath, London. Sent to Christchurch, New Zealand to recover from a childhood case of severe pneumonia, she became very close friends with another girl, Pauline Parker. When Perry's family abandoned her, she had only Parker to turn to, and show more when the Parkers planned to move from New Zealand, Parker asked that Perry be allowed to join them. When Parker's mother disagreed, Perry and Parker bludgeoned her to death. Perry eventually served five and a half years in an adult prison for the crime. Once she was freed, she changed her name and moved to America, where she eventually became a writer. Her first Victorian novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published in 1979. Although the truth of her past came out when the case of Mrs. Parker's murder was made into a movie (Heavenly Creatures), Perry is still a popular author and continues to write. She has written over 50 books and short story collections including the Thomas Pitt series, the William Monk series, and the Daniel Pitt series. Her story, Heroes, won the 2001 Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Her title's Blind Justice and The Angel Court Affair made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: ANNE PERRY, by Anne Perry, Anne Perry ed., PERRY ANNE ED., edited by Anne Perry, Edited by Anne Perry, presented by Anne Perry

Series

William Monk

Charlotte & Thomas Pitt

Works by Anne Perry

Popular Recent

The Cater Street Hangman (1979) 1,794 copies

The Face of a Stranger (1990) 1,529 copies

Callander Square (1981) 1,120 copies

A Breach of Promise (1997) 976 copies

A Dangerous Mourning (1991) 961 copies

The Twisted Root (1999) 960 copies

The Sins of the Wolf (1994) 931 copies

A Sudden, Fearful Death (1993) 930 copies

Paragon Walk (1981) 930 copies

Defend and Betray (1992) 930 copies

Half Moon Street (2000) 878 copies

No Graves As Yet (2003) 857 copies

Pentecost Alley (1996) 847 copies

Resurrection Row (1981) 818 copies

Cain His Brother (1995) 812 copies

A Funeral in Blue (2001) 809 copies

Bluegate Fields (1985) 807 copies

Bedford Square (1999) 800 copies

The Whitechapel Conspiracy (2000) 792 copies

Traitors Gate (1995) 789 copies

Weighed in the Balance (1996) 788 copies

Silence in Hanover Close (1988) 776 copies

The Silent Cry (1997) 773 copies

Ashworth Hall (1997) 771 copies

Rutland Place (1983) 770 copies

Brunswick Gardens (1998) 769 copies

Seven Dials (2003) 749 copies

Buckingham Palace Gardens (2008) 744 copies

Death of a Stranger (2002) 741 copies

Dark Assassin (2006) 737 copies

Bethlehem Road (1990) 729 copies

Cardington Crescent (1987) 729 copies

Highgate Rise (1991) 725 copies

Farriers' Lane (1993) 722 copies

Slaves of Obsession (2000) 720 copies

Southampton Row (2002) 705 copies

Long Spoon Lane (2005) 704 copies

Death in the Devil's Acre (1985) 695 copies

The Shifting Tide (2004) 683 copies

Belgrave Square (1992) 673 copies

The Hyde Park Headsman (1994) 669 copies

Execution Dock (2009) 607 copies

Shoulder the Sky (2004) 496 copies

Angels in the Gloom (2005) 490 copies

Acceptable Loss (2011) 463 copies

Treason at Lisson Grove (2010) 445 copies

A Sunless Sea (2012) 428 copies

A Christmas Journey (2003) 417 copies

At Some Disputed Barricade (2006) 398 copies

Dorchester Terrace (2011) 397 copies

The Sheen on the Silk (2010) 392 copies

Midnight at Marble Arch (2012) 385 copies

Blind Justice (2013) 364 copies

A Christmas Guest (2018) 361 copies

Death on Blackheath (2014) 355 copies

We Shall Not Sleep (2007) 355 copies

A Christmas Secret (2006) 328 copies

Twenty-One Days (2017) 328 copies

Blood on the Water (2014) 319 copies

A Christmas Beginning (2007) 314 copies

Corridors of the Night (2015) — Author — 314 copies

A Christmas Visitor (2004) 299 copies

Tathea (1999) 285 copies

The Angel Court Affair (2015) 276 copies

Treachery at Lancaster Gate (2016) 275 copies

A Christmas Grace (2008) 270 copies

Revenge in a Cold River (2016) 263 copies

An Echo of Murder (2017) 261 copies

Murder on the Serpentine (2017) 251 copies

Triple Jeopardy (2019) 238 copies

Dark Tide Rising (2018) 228 copies

A Christmas Promise (2009) 226 copies

Death in Focus (2019) 215 copies

A New York Christmas (2014) 209 copies

A Christmas Hope (2013) 208 copies

A Christmas Escape (2015) 206 copies

A Christmas Odyssey (2010) 206 copies

A Christmas Homecoming (2011) 199 copies

A Christmas Garland (2012) 184 copies

One Fatal Flaw (2019) 165 copies

The William Monk Mysteries: The First Three Novels (2005) 148 copies

I'd Kill for That: A Serial Novel by 13 authors (2004) — Contributor — 144 copies

A Christmas Return (2017) 139 copies

A Question of Betrayal (2020) 128 copies

Death with a Double Edge (2020) 127 copies

A Christmas Revelation (2018) 112 copies

Three Debts Paid (2021) 112 copies

A Christmas Message (2016) 109 copies

Anne Perry's Silent Nights [A Christmas Beginning / A Christmas Grace] (1800) 100 copies

Much Ado About Murder (2002) — Editor; Contributor — 98 copies

Malice Domestic 6 (1997) — Editor — 94 copies

A Christmas Gathering (2019) 94 copies

The One Thing More (2000) 94 copies

A Dish Taken Cold (2000) 92 copies

A Darker Reality (2021) 88 copies

A Christmas Resolution (2020) 85 copies

Death by Dickens (2004) — Editor & Contributor — 85 copies

The Fourth Enemy (2023) 79 copies

Come Armageddon (2001) 78 copies

A Christmas Legacy (2021) 75 copies

A Christmas Deliverance (2023) 74 copies

Anne Perry's Christmas Mysteries (2008) 70 copies

A Truth to Lie For (2022) 64 copies

The Scroll (2012) 62 copies

An Anne Perry Christmas: Two Holiday Novels [A Christmas Journey / A Christmas Visitor] (2006) 60 copies

Odd Partners: An Anthology (2019) — Editor — 57 copies

A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000) — Editor — 56 copies

A Christmas Vanishing (2023) 53 copies

The Traitor Among Us (2023) 48 copies

Anne Perry's Christmas Vigil (2011) 45 copies

Thou Shall Not Kill (2005) — Editor — 37 copies

The Cater Street Hangman | Callender Square | Paragon Walk (2000) 37 copies

Death by Horoscope (2001) 35 copies

At War's End (1841) 34 copies

Anne Perry's Christmas Crimes: Two Victorian Holiday Mysteries: A Christmas Homecoming and A Christmas Garland (2014) 30 copies

Rose of No Man's Land (2011) 18 copies

Resurrection Row | Rutland Place | Bluegate Fields (2018) 17 copies

Tudor Rose (2011) 16 copies

Heroes (2007) 15 copies

Rose Between Two Thorns (2012) 13 copies

Fantastic Crimes: Four Bibliomysteries by Bestselling Authors (2018) 12 copies

Death in the Devil's Acre | Cardington Crescent | Silence in Hanover Close | Bethlehem Road (2018) 8 copies

Price of Desire: Three Novellas from Transgressions (2005) — Contributor — 8 copies

Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries (2015) 8 copies

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt: A Mysterious Profile (2006) 7 copies

A Sudden, Fearful Death | The Twisted Root (1993) 5 copies

Letters from the Highlands (2004) 4 copies

Southampton Row | Seven Dials (2008) 4 copies

The Case of the Bloodless Sock 4 copies

Rutland Place | Death in the Devil's Acre (2002) 3 copies

Ashworth Hall | Bedford Square | Half Moon Street (2002) 3 copies

The Face of a Stranger | Weighed in the Balance (2005) 3 copies

Die drei ??? und das Hexenhandy (drei Fragezeichen) (2005) 3 copies

Nice Girls (1989) 3 copies

Five Christmas Mysteries (2012) 3 copies

Blood Red Rose (2012) 3 copies

The Anne Perry Christmas Collection (2011) 2 copies

Death in the Devil's Acre | Cardington Crescent | Silence in Hanover Close (1995) 2 copies

Buckingham Palace Gardens - Book 25 2 copies

Thomas & Charlotte Pitt (2014) 2 copies

Traitors Gate | Pentecost Alley | Ashworth Hall (2000) 2 copies

Half Moon Street | Face of a Stranger (2000) 2 copies

Sneaker Wave 2 copies

A Tale of One City 2 copies

Digby's First Case (1988) 2 copies

The Silent Cry [abridged audio] (1997) 2 copies

No Graves As Yet | Shoulder the Sky | Angels in the Gloom | At Some Disputed Barricade | We Shall Not Sleep (2014) 2 copies

A Christmas Homecoming | A Christmas Visitor 2 copies

Highgate Rise | Farriers' Lane (2001) 2 copies

Execution Dock. Book 16 1 copy

Acceptable Loss, Book 17 1 copy

Defend and Betray - WM Book 3 1 copy

Blind Justice, Book 19 1 copy

A Funeral in Blue, Book 12 1 copy

Slaves of Obsession, Book 11 1 copy

A Sunless Sea, Book 18 1 copy

Corridors of the Night, Book 21 1 copy

Blood on the Water, Book 20 1 copy

The Twisted Root, Book 10 1 copy

A Truth to Lie For, Book 6 1 copy

The Shifting Tide, Book 14 1 copy

Revenge in a Cold River, Book 22 1 copy

O Crime da Paragon Walk 1 copy

Twenty-One Days - DP Book 1 1 copy

A Dangerous Mourning - WM Book 2 1 copy

El callejón de los resucitados [Resurrection Row]: Inspector Thomas Pitt 4 1 copy

A Sudden Fearful Deaath - WM Book 4 1 copy

Death in Devil's Acre, Book 7 1 copy

A Christmas Vanishing 1 copy

Amante egiziana 1 copy

Das Spiel des Verräters: Kriminalroman 1 copy

Resurrection Row - Book 4 1 copy

Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques /6th ed. 1 copy

Callendar Square - TP Book 2 1 copy

Uma Morte Súbita e Terrível 1 copy

The Mighty Johns | The Empire Strikes | The End of Innocence 1 copy

Weighed in the Balance, Book 7 1 copy

Segredos de Rutland Place 1 copy

Defesa e TRaição 1 copy

The Carter Street Hangman - Book 1 1 copy

The Face of a Stranger - WM Book 1 1 copy

Triple Jeopardy - DP Book 2 1 copy

Three Debts Paid, Book 5 1 copy

The Face of a Stranger | A Dangerous Mourning (1997) 1 copy

The Silent Cry. Book 8 1 copy

No Graves Yet | Shoulder the Sky | Angels in the Gloom (2005) 1 copy

Christmas Mysteries 2 (2013) 1 copy

Put Your Heart on the Page: Plotting to Enrich Your Back Story (2015) 1 copy

Hostage to Fortune 1 copy

Crime Ladies (1995) 1 copy

Ashworth Hall | Bedford Square 1 copy

The Judgement 1 copy

The Cater Street Hangman | Callander Square | Brunswick Gardens | Half Moon Street (1960) 1 copy

A Christmas Secret | A Christmas Beginning (2010) 1 copy

Funeral in Blue | Death of a Stranger | The Shifting Tide (2009) 1 copy

Hostages {story} 1 copy

My Object All Sublime 1 copy

Uncle Charlie's Letters [short story] 1 copy

The Case of the Highland Hoax 1 copy

Daisy and the Christmas Goose 1 copy

The Christmas Gift [Short Story] 1 copy

Cain His Brother, Book 6 1 copy

Midnight at Marble Arch - Book 28 1 copy

A Darker Reality, Book 3 1 copy

A Christmas Guest, Book 3 1 copy

Murder on the Serpentine, Book 32 1 copy

Death with a Double Edge, Book 4 1 copy

Death on Blackheath, Book 29 1 copy

Dorchester Terrace - Book 27 1 copy

Treason/Betrayal at Lisson Grove, Book 26 1 copy

A Fatal Flaw - Book 3 1 copy

A Christmas Story 1 copy

Cold Fire 1 copy

Fantastic Crimes: Four Bibliomysteries by Best-Selling Authors 1 copy

(Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel) 1 copy

Buckingham palace gardens 1 copy

Bibliomysteries #3: The Scroll 1 copy

Lost Causes 1 copy

The Sisters of Henry VIII 1 copy

The Fourth Enemy 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) — Afterword, some editions — 15,439 copies

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905) — Introduction, some editions — 8,863 copies

A Study in Scarlet (1887) — Introduction, some editions — 7,836 copies

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (2009) — Contributor — 778 copies

Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy (2004) — Contributor — 527 copies

The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies

The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries: 22 Stories (1984) — Introduction, some editions — 369 copies

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1976) — Contributor — 359 copies

Naked Came the Phoenix: A Serial Novel (2001) — Contributor — 306 copies

Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2001) — Contributor — 290 copies

Transgressions {ten novellas} (2005) — Contributor — 268 copies

Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop (2010) — Contributor — 243 copies

The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives (2009) — Contributor — 211 copies

Holmes for the Holidays (1996) — Contributor — 201 copies

Bibliomysteries: Stories of Crime in the World of Books and Bookstores (2017) — Contributor — 193 copies

More Holmes for the Holidays (1999) — Contributor — 153 copies

The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories (2015) — Contributor — 146 copies

Dangerous Women (1998) — Contributor — 134 copies

Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2016) — Contributor — 129 copies

Crime Through Time: Original Tales of Historical Mystery (1997) — Contributor — 129 copies

Women of Mystery (1992) — Contributor — 126 copies

Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2002) — Contributor — 115 copies

Past Poisons (2005) — Contributor — 111 copies

Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives (1998) — Contributor — 110 copies

The Penguin Book of First World War Stories (2007) — Contributor — 109 copies

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 93 copies

Murder for Love (1996) — Contributor — 92 copies

Death Dines In (2004) — Contributor — 88 copies

The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018) — Contributor — 84 copies

Crime Through Time III (2000) — Introduction — 80 copies

Crime Through Time II (1998) — Contributor — 78 copies

The Best British Mysteries (2003) — Contributor — 77 copies

The Best British Mysteries 2006 (2005) — Contributor — 63 copies

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: First Annual Collection (2000) — Contributor — 59 copies

Killer Books (1998) — Foreword — 59 copies

The Best Paranormal Crime Stories Ever Told (2010) — Contributor, some editions — 57 copies

The Mysterious North (2002) — Contributor — 45 copies

A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies

The First Lady Murders (1999) — Contributor — 43 copies

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: Third Annual Collection (2002) — Contributor — 43 copies

First Cases: New and Classic Tales of Detection (1999) — Contributor — 42 copies

Transgressions, Volume 4 (2006) — Contributor — 41 copies

The Sherlock Holmes Mysteries [short stories + 2 films] (2005) — Introduction — 36 copies

Malice Domestic 10 (2001) — Contributor — 34 copies

The Sunken Sailor (2004) — Introduction — 32 copies

Totally Charmed: Demons, Whitelighters and the Power of Three (2005) — Contributor — 31 copies

Murder, They Wrote II (1998) — Contributor — 30 copies

The Deadly Bride and 21 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Volume II (2006) — Contributor — 26 copies

Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives (2020) — Contributor — 25 copies

Reader's Digest Select Editions 2006 v06 #288 (2006) 25 copies

The Best British Mysteries 4 (2006) — Contributor — 25 copies

Crème de la Crime (2000) — Contributor — 24 copies

Impossible Monsters (2013) — Contributor — 22 copies

Murder Most Catholic: Divine Tales of Profane Crimes (2002) — Contributor — 21 copies

Canine Crimes: Fifteen Thrilling Original Tales Starring German Shepherds, Irish Setters, Mastifs, Mutts, and Other… (1998) — Contributor — 16 copies

Crime After Crime (1998) — Contributor — 13 copies

RDSELP v152 Magic Hour | A Christmas Guest (2007) 10 copies

Once upon a Crime II: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (1996) 9 copies

Mord als schöne Kunst betrachtet. (1999) — Contributor — 8 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Sixth Annual Edition (1997) — Contributor — 5 copies

Mysteriöse Skorpione (2000) — Contributor — 4 copies

Past Crimes: Perfectly Criminal 3 (1998) — Contributor — 4 copies

Moord uit het boekje (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies

Conversations with Mormon Authors (2006) — Contributor — 3 copies

Du sang sous le sapin (2001) 2 copies

Transgressions 3: Four Brand New Novellas (UK Edition) (1887) — Contributor — 2 copies

Irreantum: Exploring Mormon Literature - Vol. 3:2 (Summer 2001) (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

Tagged

19th century (1,155) adventure (396) Anne Perry (329) anthology (602) audiobook (344) British (779) Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (846) Christmas (574) classic (926) classics (1,053) crime (978) crime fiction (503) detective (990) ebook (562) England (1,694) fiction (7,495) French Revolution (452) historical (1,133) historical fiction (2,856) historical mystery (1,804) Kindle (491) literature (466) London (1,108) monk (351) murder (433) mysteries (367) mystery (11,757) novel (656) Pitt (331) read (860) series (913) Sherlock Holmes (1,475) short stories (576) to-read (3,001) Victorian (1,671) Victorian England (509) Victorian Era (440) Victorian mystery (315) William Monk (762) WWI (395)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Perry, Anne
Other names: Hulme, Juliet Marion (birth name)
Birthdate: 1938-10-28
Date of death: 2023-04-10
Gender: female
Nationality: UK
Country (for map): England, UK
Birthplace: Blackheath, London, England, UK
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA (in hospital)
Places of residence: Portmahomack, Scotland, UK
Christchurch, New Zealand
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupations: author
Relationships: Hulme, Jonathan (sibling)
Organizations: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Agent: Donald Maass

Members

Discussions

Anne Perry Group Read--Part 1 in 2013 Category Challenge (December 2013)

Reviews

Three Debts Paid: A Daniel Pitt Novel by Anne Perry

Think of the low rating I've given this book as a reflection of my own taste (or lack thereof) rather than an objective criticism of the author's achievement. I have not managed to tolerate well what I consider to be the book's repetitiveness. This is the second book I've read by Perry, and I guess her stories are just not for me.

This book has nearly 2000 ratings on Amazon, with an average of 4.4 out of 5, so clearly her writing connects with many readers.

Flagged

cpg | 11 other reviews | Jun 2, 2024 |

Sins of the Wolf by Anne Perry

"The Sins of the Wolf have come home!" This quote, from the fifth installment of the William Monk Series, "Sins of the Wolf" refers to Dante's inferno. The Lion, The Leopard, and the Wolf in Hell all represent different aspects of sinfulness. Read the engrossing book and discover the "Sins of the Wolf".
Hester is accused of committing the murder of Mary Farralane, the matriarch of a rich and powerful family.
Does the Farralane family havescandalous secrets, all-cause for murder?

Flagged

Chrissylou62 | 16 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

A Sunless Sea (William Monk, #18) by Anne Perry

Addiction ,Murder, and Corruption

Anne Perry gives wrote an engrossing story that started as a "ripper" copycat, but developed into a much more interesting story. Opium addiction in Victorian England and the history behind it is exposed in this installment of the William Monk series. Although it is prof a series,this book can be read as a stand alone, or out of order, as I did.

Flagged

Chrissylou62 | 22 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

A Sudden, Fearful Death (William Monk, #4) by Anne Perry

Courtroom Drama in Victorian England

This installment of the William Monk series is more courtroom drama than murder mystery. The book exposes the Victorian attitudes toward women's reproductive rights, a topic which is also timely todzy.

Flagged

Chrissylou62 | 19 other reviews | Apr 11, 2024 |

See More Reviews