- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd; First Edition edition (24 Jan 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0285630164
- ISBN-13: 978-0285630161
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,199,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Give her a good murder and a shameful social evil, and Anne Perry can write a Victorian mystery that would make Dickens's eyes pop."
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
When a doctor is found brutally murdered, even the neighborhood's most hardened residents are stunned. But three more bodies are found, killed the same inexpert way, and Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte race against time to find the killer, as a treacherous mystery unfolds. No one, not the lowest brand of ruffian or the most established aristocrat, will come out unscathed.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
When a doctor is found brutally murdered, even the neighborhood's most hardened residents are stunned. But three more bodies are found, killed the same inexpert way, and Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife Charlotte race against time to find the killer, as a treacherous mystery unfolds. No one, not the lowest brand of ruffian or the most established aristocrat, will come out unscathed.... --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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THE DREGS OF SOCIETY
Victorian London has all too many insalubrious slums, but none worse than the notorious Devil's Acre. Even so, the discovery of a body there one dismal January night disgusts slumdwellers and upright citizens alike; not only is the dead man a respectable doctor, but he has been hideously mutilated as well.
Inspector Thomas Pitt is called from his bed to begin the investigation, but meets with suspicion on all sides. Forgers and brothel keepers know that a policeman's presence is bad for business; the murdered man's colleagues regard Pitt as an interfering tradesman. Like it or not, Thomas Pitt has to turn to his aristocratic wife, Charlotte. With her quick mind and society connections, she can explore where he cannot. Particularly when further killings lead to old acquaintances…
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'Sophisticated characterisation and psychological suspense… the result is first-rate'
NEW YORK TIMES
'Perry guarantees a good read to those who like their murder in a believable historical context'
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Men are being found murdered and mutilated in the notorious Devil's Acre. Inspector Pitt investigates, and due to one of the victim's connection with an earlier case, Charlotte Pitt also intervenes.
Hmm....There are a lot of good things here, especially the plot strand involving General Balantyne, but something about this didn't work for me. It's a very short novel, yet it seemed to drag. Perry doesn't really create much interest in whodunnit here, which is maybe the reason. Again, Perry ends things abruptly. The climax is fairly spirited, but perhaps a bit more of how the characters react to who the murderer is would have been good. There's an air of this being written by demand of the publisher, rather than something more organic. Perry fans may lap this up but it didn't do much for me.
Hmm....There are a lot of good things here, especially the plot strand involving General Balantyne, but something about this didn't work for me. It's a very short novel, yet it seemed to drag. Perry doesn't really create much interest in whodunnit here, which is maybe the reason. Again, Perry ends things abruptly. The climax is fairly spirited, but perhaps a bit more of how the characters react to who the murderer is would have been good. There's an air of this being written by demand of the publisher, rather than something more organic. Perry fans may lap this up but it didn't do much for me.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Anne Perry scans the width and depths of Victoria society withe skill and efficiency, bringing her characters to life so vividly
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Death in Devils Acre is another of Anne Perrys well researched books in the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series. It makes Charlotte realise how easy it is to put your life in danger and not to do it again. This novel also explains the boredom of the upper and middle classes with their efforts at politial reform effort (with the slums and workhouses and how they eased their sexual desires.
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