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Callander Square (Mass Market Paperback)

by Anne Perry (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Fawcett Books; Reissue edition (31 Dec 1980)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0449209997
  • ISBN-13: 978-0449209998
  • Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 114,273 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Murder fans who prefer their crimes with a touch of class should heat some scones and nestle back for the afternoon." "--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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When the bodies of two infants are discovered in the gardens of a quiet, elegant square in London, Charlotte Ellison Pitt, a Victorian policeman's wife, and her sister Emily conduct an unorthodox inquiry into the secret scandals of Callander Square. Reissue.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Gripping read, 31 Jul 2003
This review is from: Callander Square (A Victorian Murder Mystery) (Paperback)
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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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Appearances Matter in This Victorian Novel of Hidden Sins, 29 Jul 2005
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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 Agatha Christie meets Jane Austen in a satisfying mystery, 26 Dec 1998
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Nearly everyone living on well-to-do Callander Square has something to hide--secrets that, if made public, would ruin lives and reputations. The residents' desperate attempts to keep those secrets from each other are as much a part of the story as the efforts of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his new wife, Charlotte, to unravel the mystery of two dead infants buried in the square itself. Perry blends period detail, detection, and rot-beneath-the-genteel-surface social commentary with great skill. Thomas and Charlotte are as charming as in their first appearance (in _The Cater Street Hangman_), and some residents of the Square rise to three-dimensional status. Only the climax disappoints, setting up a solid solution with creaky plot devices reminiscent of a "Perry Mason" TV episode.
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