Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Books in Order
Anne Perry has written 32 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books, published between 1979 and 2017. The first book is The Cater Street Hangman (1979) and the newest is Murder on the Serpentine (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.
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- Books
- 32
- Published
- 1979–2017
- Confirmed
- 32 of 32 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,634 in 27 of 32 books
- Reading time
- 144–216 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,634 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 32 titles with a page count on record.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt are the detective pair at the centre of Anne Perry's historical police procedural series. Thomas Pitt is a police officer; Charlotte Pitt, married to him, works the cases alongside. London and the wider English setting carry the investigations. The Cater Street Hangman (1979) opens the run, followed by Callander Square (1980), Paragon Walk (1981) and Resurrection Row (1981), and 32 catalogued books reach Murder on the Serpentine (2017).
How many Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books are there?
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt has 32 books, released between 1979 and 2017.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119792874/4
- 219802564/4
- 31981–4/4
- 419812244/4
- 519832244/4
- 619842754/4
- 719852674/4
- 819872974/4
- 919883524/4
- 1019903134/4
- 111991–4/4
- 1219923614/4
- 1319934324/4
- 1419943434/4
- 1519954224/4
- 1619964064/4
- 171997–4/4
- 1819984164/4
- 1919983274/4
- 2019983204/4
- 2120003414/4
- 2220023264/4
- 2320033454/4
- 2420053234/4
- 2520083124/4
- 26Betrayal at Lisson Grove / Treason at Lisson GroveCharlotte & Thomas Pitt #262010 · 314 pages · confirmed 4/420103144/4
- 272011–4/4
- 282012–4/4
- 2920143024/4
- 3020152734/4
- 3120163044/4
- 3220172724/4
Do you have to read Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books in order?
You should read the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book also stands alone.
Where to start with Charlotte and Thomas Pitt
Start with The Cater Street Hangman (1979), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book?
Murder on the Serpentine (2017) is the newest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book released so far.
Is there a new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book coming?
No next Charlotte and Thomas Pitt book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,634 pages across the 27 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books, 11 of 32, were published in the 1990s.
- Corroboration
- 32 of the 32 titles appear in all four independent book listings.
What the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books are about
All 32 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: charlotte pitt (fictitious character) is tagged on 24 of 32. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Charlotte Pitt (Fictitious character) 24 of 32 books
- Police 23 of 32 books
- Thomas Pitt (Fictitious character) 23 of 32 books
- Police spouses 19 of 32 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 19 of 32 books
- Pitt, thomas (fictitious character) 13 of 32 books
- Pitt, charlotte (fictitious character) 11 of 32 books
- England 10 of 32 books
- Historical fiction 9 of 32 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 9 of 32 books
- History 8 of 32 books
- London (England) 8 of 32 books
More books by Anne Perry
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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