Bluegate Fields

A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel

By: Anne Perry

Narrated by: Davina Porter

When the body of a boy is found in the filthy sewers of Bluegate Fields, Inspector Pitt is called to investigate. The boy was clearly upper class, so what was he doing in one of London's most dangerous slums? The boy's parents refuse to answer police queries. What are these proper, prosperous people hiding? With the help of his wife and helpmate, Charlotte, Inspector Pitt intends to find out.©1985 Anne Perry (P)2006 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"Davina Porter, a performer par excellence....She moves the story forward and turns in her usual stellar presentation." (AudioFile)

I love these books!

I simply love reading/listening to Anne Perry's books. She is so descriptive I feel like I'm in Victorian London right along with the characters. I have to go and start the next one now.

I love this series

Need I say more. OK I love this series. It addresses social values etc in every book. I feel the books help me think about what the world was like in a very good way. It's a great mystery first, but it opens the world to us all.

The book drags... get on with it

I'm working my way through this series. As always, Davina Porter's narration is a joy to listen to. The book itself seems to drag and to repeat. There seem to be several passages going over basic establishing information throughout the book. It's almost as though the editor and perhaps the author had set the work aside for a while and then returned to it. I guess if I was reading this as a book and did the same it would not be as noticeable. A tighter story would have been more enjoyable and suspenseful. It did help to speed up the narration to 1.3.

Another delicious story and remarkable narration!

These mysteries are addictive and this one did not disappoint. The brilliant narration only added to the story. Step back to the 1880s in all its beauty and ugliness, guided by the endearing characters Anne Perry created in Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, Emily and the intrepid Aunt Vespatia.

Truths

This was a challenging listen due to the storyline and the sad truth this still goes on today. Children are so vulnerable and the author handles with sensitively.

Could not have figured this out until Neil the end but it did end with justice