Best Anne Perry Books

The best books by Anne Perry — 25 titles spanning Mystery, averaging 4.09 BLT stars.

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Anne Perry built two of Victorian mystery's most enduring franchises side by side — the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series, which begins with The Cater Street Hangman, and the William Monk novels, launched with The Face of a Stranger, where the detective hero can't remember his own past. That amnesia device is pure Perry: her mysteries are never just about who did it, but about identity, guilt, and the moral compromises buried beneath respectable Victorian society. Her prose is deliberate and atmospheric, heavy with period texture and class tension, and she gives her female characters — especially Charlotte Pitt — an intelligence and agency that feels genuinely subversive for the era she's depicting. Readers who want puzzle-box plotting above all may find her pacing slow, but for those who love character-driven historical mystery with something to say about power and justice, Perry is essential.

Anne Perry's highest-rated book in our collection is A Breach of Promise (4.27 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

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    A Breach of Promise

    William Monk • Book 9

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.27 BLT Score (5.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (5.5K)
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    The Sins of the Wolf

    William Monk • Book 5

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.23 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (6.5K)
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    Murder on the Serpentine

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 32

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.22 BLT Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.16 Goodreads (3.4K)
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    Defend and Betray

    William Monk • Book 3

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.20 BLT Score (6.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.06 Goodreads (6.9K)
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    A Dangerous Mourning

    William Monk • Book 2

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.17 BLT Score (8.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (8.5K)
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    Traitors Gate

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 15

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.12 BLT Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (3.9K)
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    Triple Jeopardy

    Daniel Pitt • Book 2

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.12 BLT Score (3.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.05 Goodreads (3.5K)
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    Pentecost Alley

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 16

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.09 BLT Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (3.9K)
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    Execution Dock

    William Monk • Book 16

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.09 BLT Score (3.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (3.8K)
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    Dark Assassin

    William Monk • Book 15

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.08 BLT Score (3.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (3.9K)
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    The Hyde Park Headsman

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 14

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.07 BLT Score (4.0K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (4.0K)
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    The Face of a Stranger

    William Monk • Book 1

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.07 BLT Score (19.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (19.5K)
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    Belgrave Square

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 12

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.06 BLT Score (4.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (4.5K)
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    Resurrection row

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 4

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.06 BLT Score (7.8K ratings)
    ★ 3.93 Goodreads (7.8K)
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    Dark Tide Rising

    William Monk • Book 24

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.06 BLT Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.1 Goodreads (2.7K)
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    Long Spoon Lane

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 24

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.05 BLT Score (3.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.3K)
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    Death with a Double Edge

    Daniel Pitt • Book 4

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.05 BLT Score (2.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (2.7K)
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    A Sudden, Fearful Death

    William Monk • Book 4

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.04 BLT Score (6.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (6.5K)
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    Death in the Devil's Acre

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 7

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.03 BLT Score (5.6K ratings)
    ★ 3.95 Goodreads (5.6K)
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    Buckingham Palace Gardens

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 25

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.03 BLT Score (4.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.1K)
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    Callander Square

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 2

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.02 BLT Score (13.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.9 Goodreads (13.1K)
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    Death on Blackheath

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 29

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.01 BLT Score (3.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (3.5K)
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    Bethlehem Road

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 10

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.01 BLT Score (4.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (4.9K)
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    Corridors of the Night

    William Monk • Book 21

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 4.00 BLT Score (3.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.99 Goodreads (3.4K)
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    Bedford Square

    Charlotte & Thomas Pitt • Book 19

    by Anne Perry

    ★ 3.99 BLT Score (4.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.94 Goodreads (4.4K)
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