Below is the complete list of Anne Perry’s Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Books
- The Cater Street Hangman (1979)
The Cater Street Hangman was published in 1979 and is listed as book #1 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Callander Square (1980)
Published in 1980, Callander Square is listed as book #2 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Paragon Walk (1981)
Paragon Walk is a 1981 release and appears as book #3 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Resurrection Row (1981)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, Resurrection Row is book #4 and was published in 1981. - Rutland Place (1983)
Rutland Place was first published in 1983; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #5. - Bluegate Fields (1984)
Bluegate Fields was published in 1984 and is listed as book #6 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Death in The Devil’s Acre (1985)
Published in 1985, Death in The Devil's Acre is listed as book #7 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Cardington Crescent (1987)
Cardington Crescent is a 1987 release and appears as book #8 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Silence in Hanover Close (1988)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, Silence in Hanover Close is book #9 and was published in 1988. - Bethlehem Road (1990)
Bethlehem Road was first published in 1990; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #10. - Highgate Rise (1991)
Highgate Rise was published in 1991 and is listed as book #11 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Belgrave Square (1992)
Published in 1992, Belgrave Square is listed as book #12 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Farriers’ Lane (1993)
Farriers' Lane is a 1993 release and appears as book #13 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - The Hyde Park Headsman (1994)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, The Hyde Park Headsman is book #14 and was published in 1994. - Traitors Gate (1995)
Traitors Gate was first published in 1995; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #15. - Pentecost Alley (1996)
Pentecost Alley was published in 1996 and is listed as book #16 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Ashworth Hall (1997)
Published in 1997, Ashworth Hall is listed as book #17 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Brunswick Gardens (1998)
Brunswick Gardens is a 1998 release and appears as book #18 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Bedford Square (1998)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, Bedford Square is book #19 and was published in 1998. - Half Moon Street (1998)
Half Moon Street was first published in 1998; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #20. - The Whitechapel Conspiracy (2000)
The Whitechapel Conspiracy was published in 2000 and is listed as book #21 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Southampton Row (2002)
Published in 2002, Southampton Row is listed as book #22 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Seven Dials (2003)
Seven Dials is a 2003 release and appears as book #23 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Long Spoon Lane (2005)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, Long Spoon Lane is book #24 and was published in 2005. - Buckingham Palace Gardens (2008)
Buckingham Palace Gardens was first published in 2008; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #25. - Betrayal at Lisson Grove / Treason at Lisson Grove (2010)
Betrayal at Lisson Grove / Treason at Lisson Grove was published in 2010 and is listed as book #26 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Dorchester Terrace (2011)
Published in 2011, Dorchester Terrace is listed as book #27 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Midnight at Marble Arch (2012)
Midnight at Marble Arch is a 2012 release and appears as book #28 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Death on Blackheath (2014)
In the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, Death on Blackheath is book #29 and was published in 2014. - The Angel Court Affair (2015)
The Angel Court Affair was first published in 2015; within the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series, it is listed as book #30. - Treachery at Lancaster Gate (2016)
Treachery at Lancaster Gate was published in 2016 and is listed as book #31 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. - Murder on the Serpentine (2017)
Published in 2017, Murder on the Serpentine is listed as book #32 in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.
About Charlotte & Thomas Pitt
Anne Perry’s Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels form one of the central achievements in modern historical mystery. The series begins with The Cater Street Hangman and unfolds across Victorian London, but its staying power comes from more than period atmosphere. What makes these books distinctive is the way Perry uses crime to expose the tensions inside respectable society: class anxiety, family pressure, sexual hypocrisy, political power, religious influence, and the quiet brutality hidden behind good manners. The murders matter, but so does the world that produces them.
At the center are Thomas Pitt and Charlotte, whose partnership gives the series its shape and range. Thomas begins as a police inspector moving through a society that does not fully welcome him. He is intelligent, observant, and professionally steady, but his work constantly brings him into drawing rooms and institutions built to keep men like him at a distance. Charlotte, first introduced from within that more privileged world, becomes just as important to the series’ identity. She is not merely an observer attached to the detective. Her social position, curiosity, and independence allow the books to investigate the domestic and conversational spaces that formal police work cannot easily reach. Over time, the series becomes as much about their marriage and shared moral intelligence as it is about any single case.
Publication order matters here because this is not a static mystery series where the detective resets after every novel. The relationship between Charlotte and Thomas develops across the books, and so do their family connections, social standing, and responsibilities. Perry gradually deepens the emotional architecture of the series, so later novels carry more weight when read with the earlier ones behind them. The progression is not only personal. Pitt’s career changes over time, which subtly alters the scale of the stories. The earliest books often feel rooted in particular neighborhoods, households, and social circles; later entries widen into matters involving government, special branches, diplomacy, and national security. That expansion feels earned when followed in sequence.
Another reason order matters is tonal development. Early novels such as The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, and Paragon Walk establish the core pleasures of the series: a richly observed Victorian setting, sharp social reading, and investigations that depend on what people fear becoming known. As the series continues, the books often grow denser in political and institutional concerns, without losing the domestic and moral tensions that made the opening volumes work. What begins as a murder series set among the respectable and the compromised gradually becomes a wider portrait of how power operates in late-Victorian England.
The naming of the series can cause minor confusion. Many of the earlier volumes were commonly referred to simply as the Thomas Pitt novels or Inspector Pitt mysteries, especially because Thomas is the official investigator. But Charlotte has always been fundamental to the books, and later branding increasingly reflected that by presenting them as the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series. That is not a separate sequence or a spin-off label; it is the same core series viewed with fuller emphasis on the partnership at its heart.
The books are also notable for how strongly they connect setting and title. Many titles are tied to London locations, which reinforces Perry’s interest in the city as more than backdrop. Streets, squares, crescents, and districts become markers of social geography. Each case is rooted in a particular corner of Victorian life, and each setting reveals its own codes of silence.
For readers who already have the list in front of them, the real reward of this series is watching how Perry builds continuity without sacrificing the force of the individual mysteries. These novels are not only about solving crimes. They are about reading a society that depends on concealment, and about a marriage that becomes more compelling because both partners learn, across book after book, how much truth costs.