Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Investigate Treason in Lisson Grove Novel

john01793: Great book to read

United Kingdom on Jan 24, 2022

Amazon Customer: good

Canada on Sep 02, 2017

JoanG: I didn't enjoy this as much as past Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventures. The plot seemed somewhat improbable and it just wasn't as much fun to read.

Canada on Nov 07, 2016

London Matron: I came to these books with high hopes and found them by chance on Amazon. Perry has a good track record and reviews and it is a relief to escape the flood of WW2 novels. And she churns them out. And perhaps that is the problem.

This starts well with a chase and a murder and a flight to France and without heavy prose. A good easy commercial read you think. And then in come the Irish gentry and there is something to fascinate. Only then we have just too many characters. No sooner do you engage with one then in comes another.

Sadly, at this point, you may think this is a first time writer and not a seasoned author. There's some, but not much,period detail - so it could be anytime in a way - and we get little about the police of the period and that might have lifted this. But the writer may feel she did that in an earlier book only that does not help a new reader.

But when it loses us is over the flaws - a 'phone in a lower middle-class Victorian home? No. That's too easy a plot device and throws out any presence at period. It's the sort of thing nobody cares about in a pacey read and plot but irritates when there isn't enough to get your teeth into.

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United Kingdom on Dec 01, 2013

Susan I. Jones: After a shaky performance in her previous Pitt novel , Anne Perry is back on form with this one with good charactarisation and tight plotting .It was easy to spot the villain early on in the story but nonetheless was a very enjoyable read.The only downside was the ending which seemed to be quite rushed and the story seemed cut off rather too quickly , as if the author had grown tired of it and was anxious to get it on it's way to the publisher.

United Kingdom on Aug 22, 2011

Long time fan: I thought this was the best Anne Perry I have read in some time. It is definitely suspenseful, and features both Charlotte and William Pitt, although not working together. Charlotte travels to Ireland to assist Williams's superior, Victor Narroway in discovering who has framed Narroway and caused his dismissal from the Special Service. Pitt, on the other hand, is in France in pursuit of revolutionary forces that he believes are anxious to stir up trouble in England.

Charlotte quickly realizes that there is a long, dark history in Ireland that will neither forget or forgive Narroway's work in thwarting an uprising in Ireland 20 years earlier. She knows that both she and Narroway are in danger, and have no allies in his search for the truth. I thought the long, bloody history of Irish resistance to British rule was well handled in the Irish characters, and their hatred of British rule was well portrayed by their inability to see any good in any Englishman.

Pitt realizes that there are forces at work within the special branch that are in league with the revolutionaries in a daring plot to change the course of British history, and that he can trust no one, especially...

United States on May 11, 2011

Smokey: Anne Perry's "Treason at Lisson Grove" is a welcome addition to the author's Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series.

When Victor Narraway, Thomas Pitt's boss at Special Forces, is removed from his position under a cloud of suspicion, Pitt is in France, chasing a terrorist suspect. Narraway, more than half in love with Pitt's wife, Charlotte, visits her to explain his status and tell her Pitt, as Narraway's protégé, may also come under scrutiny and find his position threatened because of their close association. Narraway assures Charlotte he is innocent and is leaving for Ireland to prove it. It is in Ireland, he believes he will discover who is behind the false accusations made against him. Charlotte, fearing for Pitt's job and her family's continued well-being, assists in accompanying him on his investigation.

One of the best things about this novel is the much greater focus on Charlotte, rather than on Thomas. Another other much appreciated characteristic is Perry's handling of the political aspects of the period as they pertain to the novel. In some previous Pitt books, Perry has tended to over-expound on the politics of the plot, giving the reader too much...

United States on Apr 20, 2011

D. Bell: I did not give this book 5 stars because I prefer the earlier books, which dealt with murder, rather than these later forays into international politics. However, a new Pitt & Charlotte book is always welcome, and, as always, this is a very well written addition to the series.

Now in the Special Branch under Victor Narraway, Pitt is obliged to follow a suspect to France with no chance to send word to Charlotte or to Narraway. While he and his subordinate Gower are keeping the suspect under surveillance, Narraway is framed for embezzlement and for possibly causing the death of an Irish informer.
He enlists Charlotte's help, as they both know that his downfall would also bring about Pitt's and propel Charlotte's family into poverty and disgrace. Although Gracie is now happily married and cannot return to care for the children, whose grandmother and Aunt Emily are away, she provides her friend Minnie Maud, an admirable young woman we have met in one of the Christmas novels.

Charlotte and Narraway hunt for the truth in Ireland while Pitt and Gower are on the hunt in France. But circumstances bid them all return to England and enlist the aid of Charlotte's...

United States on Apr 20, 2011