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Callander Square (A Victorian murder mystery) [Paperback]

Anne Perry (Author)
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Publication Date: 20 Sep 1999 | Series: A Victorian murder mystery

The second novel in the ever-popular series of Victorian whodunits featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, here appearing for the first time in UK paperback.

Murders just didn’t happen in fashionable, respectable areas like Callander Square – and yet, there had been two in a short space of time. The police were baffled. But Charlotte Pitt was curious.

Inspector Pitt’s well-bred wife had not formed the habit of meddling in her husband’s business, but something about this case intrigued her – to the point where she found herself prying into the intimate secrets of the very rich, hearing backstairs gossip that would shock a barmaid, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins; New edition edition (20 Sep 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 000651121X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006511212
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 764,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘The books are infused with morality without being moralistic’
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‘What distinguishes Perry’s books is her incisive and imaginative analysis of character and conscience’
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Murders just didn’t happen in fashionable, respectable areas like Callander Square – and yet, there had been two in a short space of time. The police were baffled. But Charlotte Pitt was curious.

Inspector Pitt’s well-bred wife had not formed the habit of meddling in her husband’s business, but something about this case intrigued her – to the point where she found herself prying into the intimate secrets of the very rich, hearing backstairs gossip that would shock a barmaid, and unearthing truths that could push even the most proper aristocrat to murder.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Appearances Matter in This Victorian Novel of Hidden Sins 29 July 2005
By Donald Mitchell HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Those who like to pillory the Victorians do so for their application of a double standard, licentiousness in private while appearing spotlessly upright in public. Callander Square is a powerful commentary on that double standard, as the story strips away the cloaks of respectability among neighbors in an upper class neighborhood.

Upper class lives were then seldom examined . . . except by ladies who were gossiping. When two dead babies are found by accident buried in Callander Square, it becomes Inspector Thomas Pitts' duty to examine all of those lives . . . looking for who the mother was. Pitts' theory is that if you can find the mother, you can find the murderer . . . or the circumstances of death if it wasn't murder.

The wealthy men and women in the square do their best to fend off Pitt by focusing him on their servants. Unsuspected by them, Pitts' wife, Charlotte, decides that she wants to find the mother too . . . but to succor rather than to accuse her. Charlotte and her sister Emily play an undercover role in which Emily is the Upstairs mole and Charlotte is the Downstairs mole. Soon, the skeletons are rattling in all the relevant closets. And crimes multiply!

This mystery presents an interesting problem. How do you investigate when all the "good" people either won't talk to you . . . or lie when they do? These people are so delicate that they won't even come out and discuss their concerns. One has to hint around . . . and hope that the message is received and understood. So there's a dance of manners involved here inside of a mystery which is inside of a dysfunctional society. For those who like novels of manners, there is much to enjoy here in addition to the mystery.

I give Ms. Perry great credit for hiding the villains until late in the book. You will know in the last 80 pages or so who did what, but it's a totally incomprehensible mystery before then. If she had shortened up the end a bit, I would have graded the book higher. But the climax is more like a tea party that's gone on too long than a climax until the last few pages.

The writing is superb. A large number of characters are fully developed, and the development is used well to advance the plot.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Callander Square 31 Oct 2009
By Rich
Format:Paperback
Gripping follow up to 'The Cater Street Hangman' with excellent characterisations, sympathetic team of Charlotte and Pitt and a close eye on the moral imbalances of the time. Mystery is well thought out too.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping read 31 July 2003
By LBeckster
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is one of those rare books that you have to read in one go. Anne Perry keeps you guessing until the end and highlights what life was really like in the Victorian times. A throughly good thriller without too much horror or graphic detail! Although centered around Inspector Pitt and his wife Charlotte, it also encompasses the different class structures within society and how they interact with each other. Definitely an informative, enlightening and enjoyable read
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