The Book Depository Death On Blackheath (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 29) by Anne Perry
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Description: Death On Blackheath (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 29) : Paperback : Headline Publishing Group : 9780755397181 : : 10 Apr 2014 : The 29th novel in Anne Perry's highly acclaimed crime series featuring Inspector Thomas Pitt. The Book Depository Death On Blackheath (Thomas Pitt Mystery, Book 29) by Anne Perry - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Rating: 5
Review: Great book to read
Author: May 2010
Rating: 2
Review: Why did it take so very very very very long to achieve what should have been done in the very first place? Surely a careful background check of the Kynaston family where the presumed dead or missing maid - Kitty Ryder - should have been done. And if Pitt (and just about everyone else in the novel) suspected a particular politician - Somerset Carlisle of committing the crime (given his past propensity for using corpses to make a statement), why did they wait till almost the end before speaking to him? I am a huge fan of Anne Perry's Thomas Pitt series, though I much prefer her earlier work prior to Pitt join Special Branch where Charlotte and her family played a much larger role in the stories. This book has just been tedious! It is slow to start, never really takes off. Goes in implausible circles about Aunt Vespasia's burgeoning love life (she has to be in her late eighties by even the most conservative estimation - esp. if you have read Pitt's earlier books), Emily's real (or imagined) marital issues, etc. It is towards the end that there is an almost unholy rush to tie up loose ends that any real work gets done. A real detective story has never been the reason why I have read Anne Perry's Thomas (and Charlotte) Pitt series. It is her wonderful description of the individuals that populate her novels - that have evolved over time in to a delightful and familiar ensemble of recurring characters, Perry's description of the Victorian era with its complex social mores and of course Charlotte's meddling with her husband's work! This has largely dissipated from the latest novels. Perhaps Pitt needs to take a break from Special Branch?
