Ginette B. (Niteowl7) reviewed Bluegate Fields (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, Bk 6) on + 242 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Another wonderful mystery from Anne Perry. A boy from the upper classes is found dead in the sewers of Bluegate Fields, one of London's most dangerous slums. The fact that the boy had been violated before he was killed makes the case even more difficult for Inspector Pitt to investigate. The family is not very cooperative which makes Pitt suspicious about what they're hiding. Pitt's wife, Charlotte, becomes determined to find out the familys' secrets which she believes will lead to the boys' killer. The author is so adept at drawing you into the character and environment of Victorian London that I found myself "living there" while reading the book. Through Inspector Pitt the reader gets to see the consequences of Victorian repression among the upper class and its dark, unrepressed manifestation among the criminal poor of Bluegate Fields.
Anne Perry never fails to delight and I'm always happy to find even an old book of her's that I haven't read.
Helpful Score: 1
Inspector Pitt is shocked to find a young boy has been killed, and again his wife Charlotte helps unravel the clues to help solve the mystery. Victorian English characters, usually stiff and unpleasant, are drawn by Anne Perry with warmth and liveliness as Charlotte and her sister Emily invade the "proper" families to discover what has happened!
