DEATH ON BLACKHEATH Thomas and Charlotte Pitt, Book 29

This new entry in Perry's Victorian crime series featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt is a story of murder, infidelity, and treason, skillfully narrated by Davina Porter. Her smooth, nuanced performance transports the listener back to an earlier time and place--ferry boats on the Thames, elegant drawing rooms, and offices on Downing Street are vividly described. Porter's stylish reading demonstrates excellent pacing, empathy for the characters, an understanding of class differences, and the ability to express emotions subtly by changes in tone or intensity. This mystery begins with evidence of violence--blood, glass, and strands of auburn hair--and ends with espionage. Let's hope both Anne Perry and Davina Porter bring listeners more about the Pitts. D.L.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2014]