The Cater Street Hangman

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

The Cater Street Hangman is the first of Anne Perry's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mysteries. Set in the Victorian era, it is an elegant and complex mystery full of well-drawn characters and rich period detail. When a maid in the upper class Ellison household is strangled, Inspector Pitt is called in to investigate. He finds a world ruled by strict manners and social customs, where the inhabitants of the Ellison's neighborhood appear to be more outraged by the thought of scandal than they are by murder. Inspector Pitt finds a most unlikely ally in Charlotte, the Ellison's spirited daughter. But as the murders continue, Charlotte and Pitt find themselves drawn together by more than the investigation.©2005 Linda Lael Miller (P)2007 Recorded Books,LLC

Reader is Davina Porter not the one listed.

The actual reader is Davina Porter. I am not sure how the staff managed to get the name of the narrator wrong.

This is a good introduction to the Pitt series and in many way I have liked this book best of all. Davina Porter is a superb narrator and I find it unfortunate that many of the later books have male narrators.

The Cater Street Hangman

What I loved most about this book was the articulate language and sentences. The plot was good, but listening to the sweet expression of English was wonderful.

wow

loved it. fantastic narration. Can't wait to listen to the next one. loved reading Perry but listening puts a new spin on the story.

Great story.

Thoroughly enjoyed this story. Can't wait to hear others in the series. Will be starting the next one soon.

Another excellent read by Perry

I have been reading the Monk series and was delighted to find another excellent series by Perry. Davina Porter is masterful as always.

Long winded

Interesting character study, but no real story. Not a mystery with investigation, just conversation. No clues found.

To slow on story

I had to quit after 2 hours. It was all snobbish attitude of upper class family to good to imagine the police in their house. Numerous visits by the Inspector, but not one question. Just arguing about the need to question the adult daughters and when Pitt finally given an audience with Charlotte, he only talked about crime, poverty and homeless children apparently just shocking her. He literally did not ask her one straight forward question.

Fine Narration, Good Story

This book was recommended for me be Audible and I really did end up enjoying it. I'm definitely going to check out the rest of the books in the series!

Three quarters time period, one quarter story

Many of the reviews I read before buying this book mentioned the plot being weak or the book being tedious and I bought it anyway. Having listened I now understand what they were getting at. The time period itself is a large part of this book. If you want to know more about the Victorian Era and how things worked at that time, it's great. If you're looking for a strong plot that is front and center, this isn't your book.

Essentially this was a nice mystery that could have been described in a quarter of the time had the time period not become a major part of the writing.

A glutton for punishment, I listened to the next in this series hoping that now that we know about the time period the plot would become more important. No such luck.

Davina Porter was, as always, amazing. I listened, in part, just because she was narrating and I love listening to her voice.

Surprised?

I've read several of Anne Perry's books through the years and found her descriptions and ways of the past fascinating. I think had I started with this one, I would never have read another one. All of the drivel made me fast forward several times. The narrator wasn't pleasing to the ear and her women sounded at times more gravelly than the men.