Ashworth Hall

Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Mysteries, Book 17

De: Anne Perry

Narrado por: Jenny Sterlin

With every book she writes, Anne Perry, the supreme enchanter among historical novelists, contributes a mesmerizing new chapter to her magical re-creation of Victorian England. Here, she abandons London's cobblestone streets and exclusive drawing rooms for a great country house, Ashworth Hall, where a fateful secret conference is about to begin.

The gathering has the appearance of a smart autumn house party - stunning women and powerful men enjoying a few days of leisurely pleasure in a setting of exquisite beauty. In fact, the guests are Irish Protestants and Catholics gathered in a reluctant parley over home rule for Ireland, a problem that has plagued the British Isles since the reign of Elizabeth I. When the meeting's moderator, government bigwig Ainsley Greville, is found murdered in his bath, the negotations seemed doomed.

Superintendent Thomas Pitt of Scotland Yard almost despairs as divorce proceedings involving the great Irish Nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell and his mistress, Kitty O'Shea, become an open scandal. To make matters worse, it seems the late Greville himself may have had a less than savory personal life. The surviving guests - six men and five women - unleash their true feelings, or perhaps only pretend to do so. Their servants follow suit.

Unless Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, can root out the truth, simmering passions above and below stairs may again explode in murder, the hopeful home rule movement may collapse, and civil war may destroy Ireland.

Never before has Pitt borne such terrible responsibilities, and never has Charlotte been less able to share them.

©1997 Anne Perry (P)2021 Recorded Books

This was totally unbelievable!

This is one of Perry's that just didn't hold together in any of the plot lines. It was unbelievable from beginning to end.

Another great story

Another story that keeps you guessing until the end. The narrator has a gotten much better at her presentation.

Great Story!

The narrator, Jenny Sterling, is getting better with this book. She became the narrator about three books ago, and so, I guess now she's getting in her groove.

Interesting

Another great addition to this series. A conference set up for discussions and a diverse cast of characters. All are not whom the seem

Can’t stand the narrator

I guess the book would have been ok as I have enjoyed several of her others, but I just couldn’t stand listening to the narrator.

Too long!

Too long and hard to keep characters straight. I still don’t know who did it!

Not good ending

This was definitely one of those books that went on way too long and got too complicated. When the end came, I was sitting there thinking that I missed something. I hated the ending and I really don’t know what happened. Maybe I should listen to it again. This is probably my least favorite book of all, and I’ve listened to all the series after this book