Anne Perry

Perry was convicted at a tender age when she was just fifteen years old in the year 1954 for allegedly murdering her friend's mother. She later changed her name to Anne Perry when she was released after serving her sentence. The early life of Juliet Marion Hulme began in Blackheath, a small town located on the South East part of London with its neighbour towns Lewisham (is located West of Blackheathh) and Greenwich (located north of Blackheath).

The best place to start is the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series, the earliest of Anne Perry's multi-book series: it opens with The Cater Street Hangman (1979) and runs to 32 books across 1979–2017, ending with Murder on the Serpentine (2017). Anne Perry's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Anne Perry has 225 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2026. 184 of them belong to 12 named series — the largest being the Charlotte & Thomas Pitt series with 32 books — and 41 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Anne Perry's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Charlotte & Thomas Pitt (1979–2017, 32 books), William Monk (1990–2018, 24 books) and Tathea (1999–2001, 2 books), plus 6 more.

This guide splits Anne Perry's 225 books into 12 named series and 41 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Charlotte & Thomas Pitt (32 books, 1979–2017); William Monk (24 books, 1990–2018); Christmas Stories (21 books, 2003–2023); Daniel Pitt (7 books, 2018–2026); Most Wanted (7 books, 2007–2009), plus 7 further series.