"Les amoureux de la fiction historique et policière doivent absolument connaître cette nouvelle série qui se déroule dans l'Angleterre de la reine Victoria.Une ambiance d'époque lourde de sensualité, une écriture et des dialogues de haute tenue, une description des classes sociales parfaitement convaincante et des personnages profondément humains; voilà qui rend la lecture des romans d'Anne Perry absolument inoubliable. " Library Journal

Le Mystère de Callander Square (Charlotte et Thomas Pitt, #2)

Panic and fear strike the Ellison household when one of their own falls prey to the Cater Street murderer. While Mrs. Ellison and her three daughters are out, their maid becomes the third victim of a killer who strangles young women with cheese wire, leaving their swollen-faced bodies on the dark streets of this genteel neighborhood. Inspector Pitt, assigned to the case, must break through the walls of upper-class society to get at the truth. His in-depth investigation gradually peels away the proper veneer of the elite world, exposing secrets and desires until suspicion becomes more frightening than truth. Outspoken Charlotte Ellison, struggling to remain within the confining boundaries of Victorian manners, has no trouble expressing herself to the irritating policeman. As their relationship shifts from antagonistic sparring to a romantic connection, the socially mismatched pair must solve the mystery before the hangman strikes again.

L'étrangleur de Cater Street (Charlotte et Thomas Pitt, #1)

Deux femmes sont retrouvées mortes dans l'atelier d'un peintre londonien. L'une d'elles, Elissa Beck, était une joueuse invétérée, accablée de dettes au point d'avoir ruiné son mari. Ce dernier est immédiatement soupçonné... Afin d'y voir plus clair dans cette affaire un peu trop simple à son goût et qui le touche de près, Monk va devoir s'allier, bien malgré lui, avec son meilleur ennemi, le commissaire Runcorn. L'enquête le mènera jusqu'à Vienne, sur les traces du passé trouble des Beck, héros du soulèvement contre la tyrannie des Habsbourg qui secoua l'Autriche en 1848.

Funérailles en bleu

When those in power conceal their own crimes, Thomas Pitt must uncover the truth... 
Treachery at Lancaster Gate is the thirty-first novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed mystery series featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, along with the ever-popular characters of Vespasia and Narraway. Perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom and Sherlock Holmes.
'A page-turning thriller... blending compelling plotting with superbly realized human emotion and exquisite period detail' - Jeffery Deaver 
Thomas Pitt arrives at a devastating bombing in Lancaster Gate to find two policemen dead and three more gravely wounded. London's anarchists are blamed, but as Pitt and Inspector Tellman investigate they find it looks increasingly like a personal vendetta against those particular men. Did they lie about a drugs raid that went fatally wrong, and let an innocent man hang? 
The idea of police dishonesty cuts Tellman to the quick - he joined the force to protect society, not exploit it.  But he must uncover the truth, however much he wants to resist the signs of blackmail and corruption. With the threat of further bombings, and their superiors pushing for a quick resolution, Pitt and Tellman find their every move scrutinised, and their own lives suddenly at risk...
What readers are saying about Treachery at Lancaster Gate: 
'Anne Perry just gets better and better'
'This was gripping from the first to last page'
'[Anne Perry's] books are always gripping and beautifully written

Treachery at Lancaster Gate (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 31)

Nommé juge depuis peu, Rathbone doit faire face à un dilemme complexe : rendre la justice en violant le secret professionnel ou laisser acquitter un coupable. Mais en livrant une pièce à conviction qui accable le révérend Taft, il n'imagine pas que cette décision menace de compromettre son avenir... Dès le lendemain, le révérend et sa famille sont retrouvés morts. Et il n'en faut pas plus pour que Rathbone soit rendu coupable de la tragédie...

Pris au piège d'une affaire délicate, le détective William Monk va devoir démêler la vérité s'il veut sauver la carrière de son fidèle ami olivier Rathbone.

Une question de justice

Amid the danger of political turmoil, Anna moves within circles of intrigue and murder... 
Anne Perry's The Sheen on the Silk is an epic historical novel with a heart-stopping love story at its core, set in the gorgeous, cosmopolitan and enlightened city of Byzantium, in the twilight years of its Empire. Perfect for fans of C.J. Sansom and Susanna Gregory. 
'Remarkable . . . [Anne Perry sets] an engaging personal story against a rich backdrop of events to convey the intrigue and extreme peril that characterized the struggles between the faiths of the countries bordering the Mediterranean in the thirteenth century' - Star-Ledger
1273 - the gorgeous, cosmopolitan and enlightened city of Byzantium is in acute danger. Only an alliance with the Church of Rome will stop the crusading fervour of the Italian and French troops on its borders, determined to strike through Byzantium to reach Jerusalem. Faced with the prospect of surrendering its gentile Orthodox theology to Roman Catholicism, the city is in turmoil as opposing factions seek to assert their authority.
For Anna, the brutal conflict only echoes her own life. Recently arrived in Byzantium to find out why her brother has been exiled for a murder she believes he did not commit, Anna is forced to pose as a eunuch so that she can move freely in all levels of society. As she does so she finds herself in the middle of intrigues that may not only free, or condemn, her brother, but will also determine the fate of Byzantium itself.
What readers are saying about The Sheen on the Silk: 
'The setting was magnificent'
'The Byzantine court, its people and its problems both internal and international make for an intelligent and unputdownable read'
'Well written, good story lines, well plotted, and characters that immediately engaged my interest and sympathies

The Sheen on the Silk

It is the spring of 1915, but deep in the trenches, there is no summer in sight... 
Shoulder the Sky is the second novel in Anne Perry's insightful and harrowing quintet charting the English experience of the First World War. Perfect for fans of Pat Barker and Sebastian Barry.
'The plot of this book is riveting throughout; the elegance of the prose and depth of characterisation combine to create a powerful and poignant journey into the past that long stays with you after the final page' - The Lady 
By April of 1915, as chaplain Joseph Reavley tends to the soldiers in his care, the nightmare of trench warfare is impartially cutting down England's youth. On one of his rescue forays into no-man's-land, Joseph finds the body of an arrogant war correspondent, Eldon Prentice. A nephew of the respected General Owen Cullingford, Prentice was despised for his prying attempts to elicit facts that would turn public opinion against the war. Most troublesome to Joseph, Prentice has been killed not by German fire but, apparently, by one of his own compatriots. What Englishman hated Prentice enough to kill him? Joseph is afraid he may know, and his sister, Judith, who is General Cullingford's driver and translator, harbours her own fearful suspicions.
Meanwhile, Joseph and Judith's brother, Matthew, an intelligence officer in London, continues his quiet search for the sinister figure they call the Peacemaker, who, like Eldon Prentice, is trying to undermine the public support for the struggle-and, as the Reavley family has good reason to believe, is in fact at the heart of a fantastic plot to reshape the entire world. An intimate of kings, the Peacemaker kills with impunity, and his dark shadow stretches from the peaceful country lanes of Cambridgeshire to the twin hells of Ypres and Gallipoli.
What readers are saying about Shoulder the Sky: 
'She makes the horror and futility nightmarishly real but not a cliché'
'I feel immersed in the world she is creating'
'A real page-turner with strong literary merit

Shoulder the Sky (World War I Series, Novel 2)

Londres, 1910. Tout accable Philip Sidney, diplomate britannique à l'ambassade de Washington, accusé officiellement de détournement de fonds, officieusement d'avoir agressé la fille d'une famille américaine respectée et dérobé un bijou. Chargé de sa défense, Daniel Pitt doute de son client, du dossier, tressé d'étranges coïncidences, et tout autant de luimême : sa propre soeur est proche de la victime. L'affaire en cache bien une autre et lorsqu'un cadavre vient entraver le procès, le jeune avocat se lance dans une enquête dangereuse, aux rouages labyrinthiques. Une histoire de passions, de vengeance et d'idéaux pervertis, qui, dans l'ombre de la Grande Guerre à venir, le mènera jusque dans la Manche, sur la mystérieuse île d'Alderney...
 La reine du roman policier historique nous offre une nouvelle intrigue étourdissante, qui nous entraîne dans les arcanes d'une Angleterre passée dont elle seule a le secret.
 " L'un des mystères les plus intrigants écrits par Anne Perry, dont la scène de clôture est peut-être l'une de ses plus fortes à ce jour. " 
Kirkus Reviews Traduit de l'anglais
 par Florence Bertrand

Le Manoir d'Alderney

Jeune avocat, Daniel, le fils de Thomas Pitt, bataille durement pour gagner son premier jugement lorsqu'il est appelé de toute urgence pour seconder l'avocat principal d'une autre affaire.    A l'Old Bailey, où se traitent les affaires criminelles, il faut défendre un écrivain sulfureux accusé du meurtre de sa femme. L'homme est odieux et tout semble le désigner comme coupable. C'est sans compter sur le «?flair Pitt?»...    Mais Daniel est jeune et certains secrets pourraient ébranler jusqu'à son père...          Anne Perry        , née Juliet Marion Hulme le 28 octobre 1938 à Blackheath, à Londres, est un écrivain britannique, auteur de nombreux romans policiers qui se déroulent à l'époque victorienne.             Du même auteur aux Editions de la Loupe :             Série            Charlotte

Le Mystère de Callander Square (Charlotte et Thomas Pitt, #2)

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