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kathydavie's review against another edition
5.0
Whoa...intense. I was all over the place trying to figure out whodunnit...and I was wrong. Oh well, no big surprise there! I love how well Perry conveys the time period through the clothes, the manners, the mores, the expectations, the concerns, the setting. From the delicious tea to the aromatic alley.
Pitt seems to have come up quite a bit in the world. His higher-ups at the station aren't giving him so hard a time anymore. Charlotte's effect on the General is poignant while there wasn't much about the children in Bedford Square.
Pitt seems to have come up quite a bit in the world. His higher-ups at the station aren't giving him so hard a time anymore. Charlotte's effect on the General is poignant while there wasn't much about the children in Bedford Square.
bronrogers's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
shoelessmama's review against another edition
4.0
I liked the device (multiple blackmail recipients) but wasn't sure how the author would explain so much at the last moment. I've been disappointed by the denouement in this series before and I was fully expecting this installment to take that route. I'm happy to be wrong this time.
leebill's review against another edition
2.0
Meh...but a good effort. She has the language and mannerisms down. For someone who likes a methodical review of evidence she is good
bjerz's review against another edition
2.0
I have read a number of Anne Perry books and have enjoyed them. Bedford Square is not my favorite.
Set in dreary Victorian England amid horrific poverty, an uncaring and clueless upper-class and endless rain, this story of a blackmailer who demands no money is drawn out and repetitive. The main character, a police detective superintendent named Thomas Pitt, knows one of the victims well and works hard to figure out who is the blackmailer. But clues are slim and the list of victims, who would rather die than admit they are, grows longer each day. The personal drama becomes boring in repetition and the end is quick and unfulfilling.
Set in dreary Victorian England amid horrific poverty, an uncaring and clueless upper-class and endless rain, this story of a blackmailer who demands no money is drawn out and repetitive. The main character, a police detective superintendent named Thomas Pitt, knows one of the victims well and works hard to figure out who is the blackmailer. But clues are slim and the list of victims, who would rather die than admit they are, grows longer each day. The personal drama becomes boring in repetition and the end is quick and unfulfilling.
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