Anne Perry
Anne Perry (1938–2023) was a bestselling author of historical detective fiction, most notably the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt series and the William Monk series, both set in Victorian England. Her first book,The Cater Street Hangman(1979), launched both the Pitt series and her career as a premier writer of Victorian mysteries. Other novels in the series includeResurrection Row,Death in the Devil’s Acre, andSilence in Hanover Close, as well as more than twenty others. The William Monk series of...