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Charlotte et Thomas Pitt Séries

Plongez dans les rues atmosphériques du Londres victorien avec cette captivante série de mystère. Suivez l'inspecteur de police Thomas Pitt et sa femme intelligente Charlotte alors qu'ils démêlent des affaires complexes pleines d'intrigues sociales et de dangers cachés. Les récits mêlent habilement détails historiques et enquêtes pleines de suspense, offrant un aperçu fascinant de la face cachée d'une société en quête d'ordre. Préparez-vous à un voyage à travers des intrigues complexes où la justice est recherchée au milieu des contrastes saisissants de l'époque.

Ein Mann aus bestem Hause
Rutland place
Resurrection Row
Paragon Walk
Callander Square
L'Étrangleur de Cater Street

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  1. L'Étrangleur de Cater Street

    • 381pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Suffragette avant l'heure, la téméraire Charlotte Ellison n'aime ni l'étiquette ni le badinage des jeunes filles bien nées. Dévorant en cachette les faits-divers des journaux, sa curiosité la mêlera à une affaire des plus périlleuses, aux côtés du séduisant inspecteur Pitt de Scotland Yard. Dans le Londres des années 1880, le danger guette et les femmes en sont souvent la proie... Sherlock Holmes en jupons, la divine Charlotte dénoue son premier crime et inaugure une longue série d'enquêtes haletantes, dévoilant une Angleterre victorienne pleine de secrets.

    L'Étrangleur de Cater Street1
    3,7

  2. Callander Square

    • 256pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    Charlotte Pitt investigates along with her husband when a baby is found buried in the fashionable London neighborhood of Callander Square.

    Callander Square2
    3,8

  3. Paragon Walk

    • 256pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    In the affluent London street of Paragon Walk, an unspeakable and baffling crime was committed: a young woman was raped and murdered. Once again the incomparable team of Inspector Thomas Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, set themselves against a vicious murderer. As the elegant masks of the aristocratic suspects begin to slip, it became appallingly clear that something ugly lurked behind the handsome facades of Paragon Walk -- something that could lead to more scandal, more murder...

    Paragon Walk3
    3,7

  4. Resurrection Row

    • 226pages
    • 8 heures de lecture

    What an odd sight! The dead body of a peer of the realm sitting upright in an empty hansom cab. He had been decently buried once before, Inspector Pitt knew. There was something terrible amiss. Despite doctor's claims of death by natural causes, Pitt insisted on serious digging to unearth the truth--even if it killed him.

    Resurrection Row4
    3,9

  5. Rutland place

    • 314pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    Une nouvelle enquête de l'inspecteur Pitt de Scotland Yard et de sa femme Charlotte.

    Rutland place5
    3,8

  6. Ein Mann aus bestem Hause

    When an upper-class boy is found violated and dead in London's most dangerous slums, Inspector Pitt is shocked. But when the Waybournes, the boy's family, refuse to answer the police's questions, Inspector Pitt begins to wonder what secrets they were trying to hide. His wife and helpmeet, Charlotte, is determined to find out—even it if means tearing down the facades of an oh-so-proper family.... "The period detail remains fascinating, and [Perry's] grasp of Victorian character and conscience still astonishes." THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

    Ein Mann aus bestem Hause6
    3,9

  7. Mort à Devil's Acre

    • 285pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    " Les grands détectives de 10/18 remontent le temps avec les romans d'Anne Perry situés dans l'Angleterre victorienne. Son adorable Charlotte Pitt ajoute de l'espièglerie aux enquêtes de son inspecteur de mari. Aussi fine guêpe qu'il est gros souliers, elle est prompte à ouvrir les boudoirs de cette société calamistrée pour dévoiler, derrière le five o'clock tea, et les façades respectables, une sensualité d'autant plus dévastatrice qu'elle est honteuse. Du divertissement pédagogique comme on en rêve ! " Pascal Dupont, L'Express

    Mort à Devil's Acre7
    3,9

  8. Cardington Crescent

    • 297pages
    • 11 heures de lecture

    Anne Perry's eighth Victorian mystery finds Charlotte Pitt's brother-in-law murdered, poisoned in his morning coffee.

    Cardington Crescent8
    4,0

  9. Silence à Hanover Close

    • 378pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Lorsque ses supérieurs lui demandent de rouvrir le dossier d'un meurtre survenu trois ans auparavant dans le somptueux quartier de Hanover Close, Thomas Pitt sait qu'il lui faudra faire preuve de doigté. Mais s'introduire dans la haute société demande plus de finesse que Pitt ne peut en avoir. C'est alors que Charlotte et sa sœur Emily entrent en scène. Elles-mêmes issues de la bonne société, les deux jeunes femmes peuvent entendre des conversations qui n'arriveraient jamais aux oreilles d'un simple policier. Et ce qu'elles vont découvrir pourrait entraîner de nouveaux meurtres - peut-être même celui de Pitt. Une fois encore, Anne Perry nous introduit dans les recoins et les mystères de l'Angleterre victorienne. Avec un talent qui n'exclut pas une certaine perversité.

    Silence à Hanover Close9
    4,0

  10. Die dunkelgraue Pelerine

    • 250pages
    • 9 heures de lecture

    A series of grisly murders of Members of Parliament puts Inspector Thomas Pitt and his suffragette wife Charlotte at cross-purposes. He believes the main suspect is guilty, and she wants to prove the same suspect--a distraught suffragette with a painful grudge against one of the victims--innocent!

    Die dunkelgraue Pelerine10
    3,9

  11. Highgate Rise

    • 344pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire in the peaceful suburb of Highgate. But the blaze was set by an arsonist, and it is unclear whether she or Dr. Shaw was the intended victim—or did the doctor himself set the blaze in order to inherit his wife’s large fortune? Baffled by the scarcity of clues in this terrible crime, Inspector Thomas Pitt turns to the people who had been closest to the couple—Clemency’s stuffy but distinguished relatives. Meanwhile, Pitt’s wellborn wife, Charlotte, retraces the dangerous path that Clemency walked in the last months of her life, finding herself enmeshed in a sinister web that stretches from the lowest slums to the loftiest centers of power.

    Highgate Rise11
    3,5

  12. Belgrave Square

    • 374pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    When obscure money lender William Weems is found murdered in the humble Clerkenwell district, Inspector Pitt uses a list found in Weems' office, containing the names of London's most distinguished gentleman, to investigate

    Belgrave Square12
    3,8

  13. Der weiße Seidenschal

    Ein sensationeller Mord im Theater erschüttert die Londoner Gesellschaft. Polizeiinspektor Pitt und seine Frau Charlotte hoffen vergebens, einen ungestörten Abend im Theater zu verbringen. Ein paar Logen weiter bricht der ehrenwerte Richter Samuel Stafford tot zusammen. Pitt, der als Spezialist für politisch delikate Fälle bekannt ist, nimmt die Ermittlungen in dem mysteriösen Mordfall auf.

    Der weiße Seidenschal13
    4,1

  14. The Hyde Park Headsman

    • 343pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    Investigating a series of brutal murders that remind Londoners of Jack the Ripper, police superintendent Thomas Pitt and his investigative partner and wife Charlotte uncover a shocking set of clues that are linked to an elusive killer. Reprint.

    The Hyde Park Headsman14
    4,0

  15. Traitors Gate

    • 432pages
    • 16 heures de lecture

    Believing that the death of his mentor is related to the actions of a traitor who is leaking secrets to Germany, Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt begins a quiet investigation with the help of his clever wife, Charlotte. Reprint.

    Traitors Gate15
    3,9

  16. Pentecost Alley

    • 405pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    The murder of a prostitute named Ada McKinley in a bedroom on decrepit Pentecost Alley should occasion no stir in Victoria’s great metropolis, but under the victim’s body, the police find a Hellfire Club badge inscribed with the name “Finlay Fitzjames”—a name that instantly draws Superintendent Thomas Pitt into the case. Finlay’s father—immensely wealthy, powerful, and dangerous—refuses to consider the possibility that his son has been in Ada McKinley’s bed. The implication is clear: Pitt is to arrest someone other than Finlay Fitzjames for Ada’s demise. But Thomas Pitt is not a man to be intimidated, and with the help of his quick-witted wife, Charlotte, he stubbornly pursues his investigation—one that twists and turns like London’s own ancient streets.

    Pentecost Alley16
    4,3

  17. Ashworth Hall

    • 373pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    When a group of powerful Irish Protestants and Catholics gathers to discuss home rule, the meeting's moderator--a government official--winds up dead in his bath, leaving Superintendent Thomas Pitt and his wife to avert an explosion of mayhem. Reprint.

    Ashworth Hall17
    3,7

  18. Brunswick Gardens

    • 416pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    In Victorian England, Thomas and Charlotte Pitt venture into an Anglican church to find out who murdered a pretty advocate of Darwin's theories

    Brunswick Gardens18
    3,9

  19. Bedford Square

    • 408pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    When a man is found murdered on the doorstep of a respectable house in Bedford Square, Victorian England's finest and most controversial policeman, Thomas Pitt, is called immediately to the scene. The only clue to the victim's identity is a silver snuff box found on the body, curiously at odds with the man's dishevelled appearance. Pitt soon discovers that the box, and the house where the body was found, belong to General Balantyne, a man Pitt knows to be a pillar of the community. He is dismayed to learn that Balantyne can barely recall the evening, let alone account for his movements.

    Bedford Square19
    3,8

  20. Half Moon Street

    • 284pages
    • 10 heures de lecture

    En cet automne 1891, Londres semble bien triste au commissaire Thomas Pitt, depuis que sa chère Charlotte est partie se reposer à Paris. Mais il n'a guère le temps de sombrer dans le spleen, car la découverte du corps d'un homme habillé en femme dans une barque, sur la Tamise, l'entraîne dans une nouvelle aventure pleine de mystère. Qui était la victime et pourquoi cette mise en scène macabre ? Aidé de l'irascible sergent Tellman, Pitt fouille les consciences et les cœurs de la haute société, arpentant les coulisses des théâtres où se jouent les pièces d'un certain Oscar Wilde. Gentlemen et ladies irréprochables peuvent parfois cacher de bien dérangeantes vérités...

    Half Moon Street20
    3,9

  21. The Whitechapel Conspiracy

    When evidence presented in court by Thomas Pitt leads to the execution of a distinguished soldier and archaeologist, the retaliation from the hanged man's influential friends is swift. The murderer was a member of the Inner Circle, a group of men whose power extends further than Pitt realised was possible, and, within days, he loses command of the Bow Street police station. To protect him from the Inner Circle's hatred, he is forced to leave his family to work undercover in the dangerously volatile East End.

    The Whitechapel Conspiracy21
    4,1

  22. Southampton Row

    • 416pages
    • 15 heures de lecture

    Despite Thomas Pitt's success in the Whitechapel case, the secretive Inner Circle prevent his returning to Bow Street police as Superintendent. Pitt's next task for Special Branch is to investigate Charles Voisy - the corrupt Inner Circle man Pitt defeated in court - who is standing for election as a Tory MP. Pitt must obtain information to stop Voisy's climb to political power. Then Pitt is ordered to Southampton Row, scene of the hideous murder of a spiritual medium. As the link between the spiritualist and political figures is revealed, the whispers of scandal grow louder. And with Charlotte in hiding for safety, Pitt must turn to his sister-in-law, Emily, to help him solve one of his most high-profile cases yet...

    Southampton Row22
    3,8

  23. Seven Dials

    • 374pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    Thomas Pitt is summoned to the offices of Victor Narraway, head of the Imperial Secret Service. An ex-army officer and promising young diplomat has been shot and the prime suspect is the Egyptian mistress of a senior cabinet minister. But some things don't add up at the scene of the murder. When the Egyptian Ambassador puts in a call to Prime Minister Gladstone, it seems a major diplomatic row is brewing. Thomas is convinced Narraway knows more than he claims, and Pitt's wife Charlotte fears there could be involvement with the secret organisation that destroyed Pitt's Metropolitan Police career and nearly cost him his life. Can Pitt tread the tense diplomatic tightrope between protecting justice, the security of his country, and the safety of his family?

    Seven Dials23
    4,1

  24. Long Spoon Lane

    • 352pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    The twenty-fourth breathtaking mystery from master of crime Anne Perry

    Long Spoon Lane24
    4,1

  25. Buckingham Palace Gardens

    • 399pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    The Prince of Wales has asked four wealthy entrepreneurs and their wives to Buckingham Palace to discuss a fantastic idea: the construction of a six-thousand-mile railroad that would stretch the full length of Africa. But, alas, the prince’s gathering proves disastrous when the mutilated body of a prostitute turns up in a linen closet among the queen’s monogrammed sheets. With great haste, Thomas Pitt, brilliant mainstay of Special Services, is summoned to resolve the crisis. The Pitts’ cockney maid, Gracie, is also recruited to pose as a palace servant and listen in on the guests’ conversations. If Pitt and Gracie fail to find out who brutally murdered the young woman, Pitt’s career will be over, and the scandal may just cause the monarchy to fall.

    Buckingham Palace Gardens25
    4,0

  27. Dorchester Terrace: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

    “[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets from her career as a revolutionary spy. And behind the doors of a stately manor, a beautiful young Croatian woman hoards mysteries of her own. Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, need these two fascinating women to tell them things they desperately need to know—before death and terror ignite an international catastrophe. Includes a preview of Anne Perry’s next Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel, Midnight at Marble Arch “The always clever Anne Perry infuses Dorchester Terrace with the right amount of intrigue and complex relationships that have made this prolific series one of the finest in modern mystery fiction.”—Bookreporter “A classic . . . [a] novel of intrigue, romance and treason . . . replete with well-drawn characters.”—Huntington News

    Dorchester Terrace: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel27
    4,1

  28. Midnight at Marble Arch

    • 368pages
    • 13 heures de lecture

    This New York Times bestseller has garnered acclaim as one of the best books of the year according to RT Book Reviews. It offers a compelling narrative that captivates readers with its unique themes and engaging characters, making it a standout choice for those seeking an exceptional reading experience.

    Midnight at Marble Arch28
    4,0

  29. Death on Blackheath

    • 320pages
    • 12 heures de lecture

    Greenwich, 1897. A macabre scene is discovered outside a house on Shooters Hill. There has been a vicious fight, and amid the bloodstains are locks of long auburn hair. Thomas Pitt, head of Special Branch, is called: this is the home of Dudley Kynaston, a minister with access to some of the government's most dangerous secrets, and any inquiry must be handled with utmost discretion. An auburn-haired maid has disappeared from Kynaston's household, but no major crime appears to have taken place. Then a disfigured body is found in the gravel pits nearby. Could this be Kynaston's missing servant? As Pitt begins to investigate, he finds small inconsistencies in Kynaston's story. Are these harmless omissions, or could they lead to something more serious, something that could threaten not just Kynaston's own family but also his Queen and country?

    Death on Blackheath29
    3,9

  30. The Angel Court Affair

    When Commander Thomas Pitt is ordered to protect a young woman visiting London from Spain, he cannot see why this is a job for Special Branch. When she disappears in the dead of night from Angel Court, however, he is faced with a dangerous mystery. Sofia preached new, and some say blasphemous, religious ideals, and her life had been threatened. But Pitt senses there is some deeper and more dangerous reason for her kidnap - if that is what it is. Three men are caught up in the hunt for Sofia - her cousin, a banker for the Church of England, a popular and charismatic politician, and a journalist who seems determined to goad Pitt to the truth. Each seem to be hiding something, and as the search for answers stretches from London to Spain, Pitt knows that time is running out, and the nation's security could be at stake...Angel Court is the thirtieth superb mystery featuring Thomas and Charlotte Pitt from the master of Victorian crime.

    The Angel Court Affair30
    3,9

  32. Un traître à Kensington Palace

    • 381pages
    • 14 heures de lecture

    In Anne Perry's latest installment of her Victorian mystery series, the stakes are at an all-time high as Thomas Pitt receives a royal summons, signaling a matter of utmost importance. The body of Sir John Halberd, a confidant of the Queen, has been discovered in Hyde Park, showing signs of a fatal head injury. At the Queen's request, Sir John had been discreetly investigating Alan Kendrick, a horse-racing enthusiast with significant influence over the Prince of Wales. Commander Pitt must navigate the upper echelons of society with caution, as it appears Sir John's murderer is among the elite. With the assistance of his wife, Charlotte, and her social connections, Pitt delves into the hidden motives of the upper class, uncovering a threat to the monarchy that could have dire consequences. As Pitt approaches a pivotal moment in his career, he faces new challenges both professionally and personally. Together with Charlotte, he must unravel the intricacies of a suspenseful plot crafted by Perry, striving for their finest hour while risking the possibility of their darkest.

    Un traître à Kensington Palace32
    3,9

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    • 816pages
    • 29 heures de lecture

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    Feinde der Krone / Die Frau aus Alexandria