Traitors Gate

Written by Anne Perry

Narrated by Jenny Sterlin

Someone in the Colonial Office is passing secrets to Germany about England’s strategy on Africa. While Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt investigates this
matter of treason, he is quietly looking into the tragic death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. Pitt believes that Sir Arthur was murdered, and that
the crime is connected with the treachery in the government. And when the strangled body of an aristocratic society beauty is found floating near lonely
Traitors Gate, Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, begin to see clearly the pattern of tragedy and frightening evil that Pitt must deal with, at the risk of his career—and his life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 12, 2021
• ISBN: 9781980096917

Anne Perry

With twenty million books in print, ANNE PERRY's was selected by The Times as one of the twentieth century's '100 Masters of Crime', for more information about Anne and her books, visit: www.anneperry.co.uk

Reviews for Traitors Gate

[BettyAnne McDorman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Intriguing as always. I truly appreciate the depth of research and detail Perry weaves into her mysteries. Took me a couple of books to adjust to the new narrator. Adjusting the speed setting up a notch solved my issue.

[netedt_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

If you are looking for a typical whodunit this is not for you. Solving the puzzle is only a mechanism for allowing Perry to examine the primary theme of the story, betrayal. It shows up in all of the deaths as a justification for the perpetrators' actions. It is even, indirectly, a topic in the larger issue of English colonization and imperialism in central Africa. The first murder is motivated by an attempt to silence and discredit a critic of the greed of a secret cabal of financial backers of Cecil Rhodes' military exploits. Arthur Desmond, Pitt's childhood benefactor denounces the aristocratic "Inner Circle" for their betrayal of the ideals of the earlier generation of explorers, men such as Livingstone and Stanley. But he, himself, is seen by the Inner Circle as a betrayer to his class. So he is murdered. This sets the whole chain of events in motion, with the final murder taking place, in an unusual twist, on the last pages of the book. There is no lack of intrigue nor of historical detail in this novel. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the broad scope of British involvement in Africa, and a good mystery as well.