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Perry's Inspector Pitt novels are steeped in a meticulous, if somewhat grim, Victorian atmosphere. In this society, aristocratic parents can flat out refuse to answer police questions when their son's naked, violated body turns up in a London sewer. The frustration felt by the investigating detective as he is thwarted at every turn, not the least by his own superiors, translates to the listener. Add to this the conviction of the wrong person as a cover-up, and the pace seems a bit glacial at times. However, there's no denying Perry's work is true to the time period. And then there's Davina Porter, a performer par excellence. Porter makes the material her own in a way few others can. She gives just the right pitch, accent, and presence to the characters to make them utterly believable. Despite its weight, she moves the story forward and turns in her usual stellar presentation. D.G. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.


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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."
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Uncovering the Unmentionable, Déc 6 2008
This review is from: Bluegate Fields (Paperback)

Bluegate Fields has an unusual story structure. There are two investigations for one mystery. That device makes what would otherwise be a pretty boring book more interesting.

The book's other major attribute is found in its subject, investigating child molestation among the Victorians, something that would have been kept well hidden at the time. Ms. Perry does a nice job of imagining how such an investigation might have proceeded.

The book gets off to a fine start with its opening scene, but the action slows down into too many drawing room scenes from there. Pitt seems unusually thick in this novel which causes the story to not work quite as well as it might have.

I also don't enjoy reading about people covering up child molestation so part of the subject itself was fairly repulsive to me.

But if you have liked the other books in the series before this one, you probably will enjoy this one somewhat. But you can skip it without missing anything important. The choice is yours. I leave your decision up to your good taste.
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3.0étoiles sur 5 Good start - poor ending, Fév 3 2004
Par Train Chaser "sleuthraptorman" (Thornton, CO United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
This review is from: Bluegate Fields (Paperback)
This is the first Thomas Pitt Novel I've read. The plot outline is covered well in the other reviews. While the story is interesting, I thought it was rather predictable. There was only one twist that caught me by surprise. Compared to the rest of the book the end comes entirely too quick and with little thought. I got the impression the author was tired of writing and just wanted to be done with it. I am by no means a legal expert, especially of the Victorian system, but there are major shortfalls in the legal aspects the book. These oversights make the plot work but would have never happened. Using the "real" evidence for the first trial as a gauge, by the same measure there was more than enough later evidence to take to a judge and get it overturned. It is just inconsistent. The emotional state of some of the characters is a bit overplayed, sometimes to the point of distraction. If the police chief, Athelstan, was really that excitable, he would have had a heart attack years before attaining that office. On the other hand, it was an excellent portrayal of the young man's (name with held to preserve the mystery) realization of what every one had been talking about, and what he had done. There is no date given for the setting, but there are still a few anachronisms including the lack of use of the terms sodomite and carnal knowledge. I still recommend the book as an easy read, but will not be keeping a copy in my library. Unlike other reviewers I finished the book before writing a review.
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4.0étoiles sur 5 Pretty good mystery + social exposition,
Par Michael K. Smith (Gonzales, Louisiana) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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This review is from: Bluegate Fields (Paperback)
This is the sixth novel in the series and Inspector Pitt has to deal with the naked body of a young gentleman found in the sewers in a very bad part of town. The trail leads him into a web of deceit involving homosexual prostitution -- quite a different matter among Society than the usual sort of prostitution -- and accusations leveled against the tutor of the deceased, who is tried and condemned to hang. With Charlotte's help in the drawing rooms, Pitt must try to sort out who did what to whom and then overcome the protectiveness of the families involved in order to prove it. As with the others in this series, Perry has a good deal to say about life in Victorian London away from the realm of polite society.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 Outstanding! A real page turner!
According to the list in the book, this book (copyright 1984) is the fifth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. And it's the best so far. Read more
Publié le Déc 16 2002 par MLPlayfair

4.0étoiles sur 5 Good story
Perry hits another run with this one. I was guessing until the end. Some with more modern day views might find her references to homosexuality offensive, but taken in an... Read more
Publié le Janv. 5 2001 par Jesse Petersen

5.0étoiles sur 5 I have only read the first chapter and it captivating!
This is the second book I have read by Anne Perry, the first was Farrier's Lane. They are both very good! Read more
Publié le Oct. 1 2000 par coolbe1424

4.0étoiles sur 5 strong novel with weak ending
Perry's novel shows her at her best and at her worst. Her strengths are in character development, historical background, and social milieu. Read more
Publié le Janv. 3 1999 par John Guzlowski

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