Farriers' Lane

Written by Anne Perry

Narrated by Jenny Sterlin

When the distinguished Mr. Justice Stafford dies of opium poisoning, his shocking demise resurrects one of the most sensational cases ever to inflame England: the murder five years
before of Kingsley Blaine, whose body was found crucified in Farriers’ Lane. Amid the public hysteria for revenge, the police had arrested a Jewish actor who was soon condemned to hang. Police
Inspector Thomas Pitt, investigating Stafford’s death, is drawn into the Farriers’ Lane murder as well, for it appears that Stafford may have been about to reopen the case. Pitt receives curiously little
help from his colleagues on the force, but his wife, Charlotte, gleans from her social engagements startling insights into both cases. And slowly both Thomas and Charlotte begin to reach for the same sinister and deeply dangerous truth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 3, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980096924

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 Farriers' Lane

[lbswiener · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Farriers' Lane is a very long book. The mood was set in the beginning and continued until the end. The story could be followed because the descriptions were good. The book was exceedingly annoying because of the racial slurs. Perhaps because the story took place in 1800s England, and the story itself had to do with racism, the author felt that it was okay to constantly refer to certain people in a negative way. Consequently, this book was awarded a solid three stars in this review.

[literaryfeline · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Inspector Pitt and his wife, Charlotte, work to solve the murder of an appellate court judge, which further leads to retracing the investigation of an older more heinous murder of a gentleman who had been having an affair with an actress. Inspector Pitt must determine whether there is a connection between the two murders and whether or not the man hanged for the initial murder truly had been guilty. In Farriers’ Lane, Anne Perry touched upon prejudice and the restrictions society places on love. This was an intriguing mystery, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

[kathy89_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The Pitts and Charlotte's mother, Caroline are enjoying a night at the theater when the man in the next box becomes ill. He dies at the theater and Thomas suspects he was poisoned. He's been put on the case and learns that he was a judge and was looking into a 5 year old murder conviction after a visit from the convicted man's sister. With the help of Charlotte, Daisy and Caroline who is involved, much to the horror of her daughter, with one of the actors who is 15 years her junior Thomas investigates and solves the cold case to solve the judges murder. I found this book to be a little repetitious and of course the prejudices against the different religions and society were very pompous according to today's standards.

[eilonwy_anne · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

An enjoyable mystery, but it had its flaws. As usual, the viewpoint moved (between Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, Charlotte's mother, Thomas's boss, and the Pitts' maid, Gracie) but the pacing of the moves was uneven and sometimes uncomfortable. I enjoyed the Victorian cold case conceit and other aspects, like Gracie's adventure, but I felt this book didn't delve as deeply into the dark, human underpinnings of Victorian society as her best books. It raised some spectres but didn't really scrutinize them.

[ajofisher · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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