What do You think about Bethlehem Road (1991)?
Read by Davina PorterDescription: The gentleman tied to the lamppost on Westminster Bridge is most elegantly attired—fresh boutonniere, silk hat, white evening scarf—and he is quite, quite dead, as a result of his thoroughly cut throat. Why should anyone kill Sir Lockwood Hamilton, the kindest of family men? Increasingly turned off by Perry's books. I put this on to perform a scale of extreme ironing that only comes from five weeks summer bumming. I preferred the monotomy of smoothing combined with the smell of starch on crisp linen to this bloated snoozefest. Expect the rest from this author to hit the OTBRIWPB shelf sooner rather than later.NEXT3* Paragon Walk (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #3)3* Death in the Devil's Acre (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #7)CR Bethlehem Road (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt, #10) 3* The Face of a Stranger (William Monk, #1)3* A Dangerous Mourning (William Monk #2) 2* A Sudden, Fearful Death (William Monk, #4) 3* The Shifting Tide (William Monk, #14)4* Dark Assassin (William Monk, #15)4* Execution Dock (William Monk, #16)3* A Christmas Guest (Christmas Stories, #3)3* A Christmas Beginning (Christmas Stories, #5)
—Bettie☯
I was somewhat disappointed with book 10 of inspector Pitt and his wife Charlotte mysteries. I got annoyed with the main protagonists, but not the murders and the following investigation. The idea I especially find ridiculous was Pitt's declining his promotion to the chief inspector and much higher income. Both Pitt's whining about the loss of the job he loved for the sake of his family and Charlotte's sweet insisting on his declining of better prospects and income for the sake of his happiness were grating on my nerves. Why did Anne Perry introduce the idea in the plot which was so implausible? A man in the victorian times wouldn't have rejected the promotion which would mean improving the standard of living of his family, especially when his job involved daily risks of his losing his life in the line of duty and leaving his wife a penniless widow. Moreover, he and his wife would both have thought about the future of their children and the prospect of having more children in the future (there weren't any contraceptives available then). They wouldn't have lived complacently, enjoying their life without any worry about the future.However, apart from this issue the book is a good victorian mystery, providing quite a lot of interesting details about that era, this time focusing on women's suffrage, but also describing how much women's lives were governed by men and women's lack of many fundamental rights.
—Sameera77
The issue of women's rights pervades Inspector Thomas Pitt's tenth adventure in late 19th-century London. Three Members of Parliament have had their throats slit while crossing the Westminster Bridge. All three voted against female suffrage. As Pitt investigates, his suspicions fall on a vocal and much-wronged suffragette; other unlikely candidates include anarchists and madmen. As usual, Pitt's wife, Charlotte, and her delightful Great Aunt Vespasia play sleuths as well. Perry uses well-mannered prose, satiric wit, and fine sense of place and time to construct a completely believable and human world. A sterling performance and a collection must.
—Connie Melton
