Now this is the Thomas Perry that I really enjoy reading.
343468
I just gave Thomas perry an unfavorable review on his book, The Strip.  This book is an enjoyable read. Lots of action, interesting characters and really held my interest.  I highly recommed it.
943458
Another excellent read from Thomas Perry. His attention to detail and the planning shown by his characters is, as usual, second to none. I look forward to his next novel "String of Beads". (Sometimes hard to find his books in Australia)
4181020
Like all of Anne Perry's books, this new one is a delight to read. Hard to put it down. But did he break the plates?
4173436
This book held my attention but I think a reason it did is because I really like Perry Stone. He is very popular on tv and I can imagine him preaching in the same manner the book is written. I recommend this book although in my opinion any of his books are worth reading.
4704660
While I was not a fan at first, I've grown to love Michael Perry's writing style.  There's nothing wrong with expanding my vocabulary while enjoying his folksy down home humor about real people and events.
3990794
I enjoy: Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, and Anne Tyler. This was such a fun read for me! I'm so glad the Hogarth Shakespeare line exists. Let's keep the storytelling going!
2421426
I love the Jane Whitefield series! I own all of them in Hard Cover. Wish and wait anxiously for the next one in the series.....don't stop them please Mr. Perry. Thomas Perry is a great writer of many books of intrigue and a favorite Author of many of my friends and also family. Any of his novels will give you pleasant hours of reading!
1553221
I have always enjoyed reading Anne Perry's Victorian mysteries. Of course, I have enjoyed some more than others because like every writer Perry has moments when the story seems to elude her and the characters true nature and motive fail to interest the audience. Not so in The Whitechapel Conspiracy. Here Perry is in her element weaving a brilliant tale of death and betrayal.
Thomas and Charlotte Pitt are back in full force as an unstoppable team. Inspector Pitt runs afoul of a powerful secrete society when his testimony sends  heroic solider John Adinett to the gallows for the murder of Martin Fetters, traveler and antiquarian.
Adinett has powerful friends, who in order to punish Pitt, strip him of his command of Bow Street Station and compel him to leave his family and go undercover,seeking anarchists, in the slum neighborhood of Spitalfields.
Although separated from his family, Pitt is not abandoned by them. His wife Charlotte, their maid Gracie, and Pitt's subordinate, Sergeant Tellman set out to prove Adinett's guilt and restore Pitt's honor.
Anne Perry weaves a tale of conspiricy that brings us face to face with powerful men who work within the government toward one end, the overthrow of the monarchy. Interwoven with this is a subplot that will delight Jack The Ripper fans and have them begging for more.
I enjoyed this book not just because it was well written and spellbinding, but also because it reminded me of a favorite movie of mine "Murder By Decree" set in the same time period.
I would have liked Charlotte's Aunt Vespasia to have been less "love struck" and more of her forcefull self, but then that would be perfection and that's asking the impossible.
476447
I have read naval fiction for the better part of my life.  It has normally been the Royal Navy fighting the French, Nazies, or the'Eyeties'.  Rarely has it been the Continental Navy, vs the Royal Navy, if only because such books are few and far between.  But Mr. Perry has made it his mission in life to fill that gap with excellent books covering the Continental ( aye, and state) navies of our Revolution.  Perry's books are well researched, well written and a sincere pleasure to read.  Highly recommended.
3594540
We all know Thomas Perry is the master. He twists and turns this one every way but loose. It is so suspenseful that I could not stop reading. Bravo, Thomas, Bravo!!!
4570739
Once again, you read a Thomas Perry novel and you are stunned at this author's brilliance, style, characters and story line. Mr. Perry's Jane Whitefield series is at the top of the genre. Jane is one of the best female characters ever created. And the stand alone books he writes never disappoint this reader. I wait patiently for a new Perry book and try to save it. But then my curiosity overtakes me and I delve into the book and then have a hard time putting it down. David Chase, or whoever he is, is a wonderful character who you just have to root for and pray that he makes it in the end. However, the Julian Harriman character is just as appealing and you are also rooting for him to do the right thing and hope that he wins in the end as well. It would be wonderful to see these characters again, I feel there is some unfinished business that needs to be addressed. But once again, thank you Mr. Perry for a wonderful story and the time spent enjoying it.
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About a third of the way through this book, I realized with a pleasant start that not only was I enjoying the specifics of this particular mystery, but I was even more pleased simply to be once again in the company of Thomas Llewelyn, Cyrus Barker, and the other characters who have populated this series for four books now.

I think that's a pretty good sign of Will Thomas' skill as an author. I read the first three books in the Barker-Llewelyn series in close succession about a year ago, and have been waiting, somewhat impatiently, for the fourth book to come out. I (and Thomas' other fans) have been rewarded by a book that is in many ways the best of the four. I've always been impressed by the author's ability to take a familiar setting -- the late-Victorian London so many mystery writers have used as a backdrop -- and twist it in a way that reveals its essential foreignness. In earlier novels, he did that by immersing us in London's Jewish or Asian subcultures. In "The Hellfire Conspiracy," the setting becomes unfamiliar -- even uncomfortable -- much more subtly, described by attitudes and actions as much as by nationality or race.

I also need to commend Will Thomas' ability to weave real-world historical figures into his narrative. Some authors do this as a way of showing off: "Look! Robert Louis Stevenson right here in my novel!" But Thomas does it subtly (that word again), without telegraphing their future significance, and their appearance seems entirely appropriate to the demands of the story. In fact, I admit with some chagrin, it wasn't until this volume that I realized Llewelyn's close friend and smoking buddy Israel is (or will become) the famous author, playwright, and Zionist Israel Zangwill.

One of the most satisfying things about this series so far has been watching Thomas Llewelyn develop -- gaining confidence, expanding his abilities, and becoming more of an asset in his employer's investigations. In "The Hellfire Conspiracy" he again takes important steps forward, while also dealing with vital matters from his history. With every volume, we learn more about Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn both, and they continue to be intriguing and interesting characters. While readers unfamiliar with the series thus far will find "The Hellfire Conspiracy" a solid murder mystery in its own right, it's as part of the series that it really shines.

I'm pleased, as you can probably tell, to give book and author both a rousing endorsement. Will Thomas remains, along with Rick Riordan, one of my two favorite active mystery authors, and as before, I'm again looking forward to the next work from Will Thomas' (as I understand literal) pen.
4510864
Right up to Thomas Perry standards, with anew twist.  Jane is now proficient in Judo.  I really enjoyed this novel
4811011
I suspect Thomas Perry beat Prizzis Honor, Westlakes Parker and Blocks Hit Man series off the starting block. Perry certainly does the best job of keeping the killer at arms length while still central to the story.

My favorite narrative twist is that Perry shows us what really happens, then lets us see the assumptions made by observers who don't know the whole story - all while keeping me racing through the pages. The human necessity to structure coherency from incomplete information lends irony, charm and humanity to tales of  perfectly nasty characters.
3087125
Love Thomas Perry books - you are riveted on the edge of your seat to the very end  Keep them coming
3386230
This is one of the better Christmas novellas of Anne Perry's I've read, and I have them all.  I don't know why I especially liked this one, but I did.  I can't see how she can out-do herself because she is such a talented writer.  I'm never disappointed with her work.
2794514
Action, suspense, excellent story and momentum. Sometimes too much detail, but overall a fantastic read. Looking forward to my next Thomas Perry.