Callander Square

What an enjoyable story! I gave the title I did because the the residents of Callander Square think that Thomas Pitt is an untidy dim witted man who doesn't know how to behave in front of his "BETTERS". They underestimate him AGAIN and as you see the story unfold because of Inspector Pitt's dogged questioning, you can see the residents falling apart all over each other. Again, the ending was a surprise to me. This book was a real page turner and I can't wait to read the next book.

Great book. Anne Perry's characters come alive with all their Victorian sensibilities. If I didn't know better, I'd think Anne Perry WAS a 19th century writer.

A must read for anyone who likes Mary Higgins Clark. I couldn't put it down! Couldn't wait to get my hands on another of her books.

This is the second in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. I started reading it as soon as I had finished The Cater Street Hangman (the first)! Inspector Pitt is now married to his Charlotte and they make a delightful couple. Although pregnant with their first child, Charlotte does some detecting of her own in this case, helped by her well-to-do sister, Emily. The plot is excellent and the characters are very well-drawn. The strict rules regarding class which most of the Victorian upper-class people in this book feel compelled to follow appear somewhat laughable to us in this more enlightened age but are very destructive for all that! I could not put this book down until I knew whodunnit and I was quite a way through it before I guessed the culprit! A wonderful read!