Twenty-one Days: A Daniel Pitt Novel

If you like Anne Perry, you'll find this typically engaging. It is a slow start, heavy on trial drama, philosophizing and general discourse over various perspectives regarding just about everything possible. If you like a fast paced action packed story full of movement, well...maybe you should reserve this one at the library instead of parting with your own cash.That said, since it's billed as a new series, it's no surprise to find most of the characters are newly introduced and await fuller development as the series progresses. But we are happy to note that William and Charlotte do play their part in peripheral roles. And the background from early Pitt family adventures enters in too. You don't have to be familiar with prior books to enjoy this one, but it does help.

Having read all of the books written by this author I was not sure I would embrace a whole new protagonist. I was wrong. I could not even put the book down!

I was a little hesitant to read this book as I have less interest in the courtroom details of Anne Perry's books than in the hunt for the criminal, but it turned out to be as well written as her other two series. Just when I wondered where she would go with the Thomas Pitt books after he was knighted, she gave us this new series featuring his son, now an adult with a law career. The affection between father and son, which seems to be threatened by the father's history, provides some of the tension and interest. There were threads of the story that might have been more fully explained, but I would definitely recommend this to anyone who has read the past novels in this series. It can be read as a stand alone, but I think it would be better read in sequence.

I have read almost all the Charlotte and Thomas books with great interest and pleasure as they enmeshed the reader into the Victorian world from the first sentence. This novel did not. I found the first chapters boring, and I finally skipped them as determined to finish the book. Like P.D.James, I feel that Anne Perry is losing her touch as she ages. This story is grisly and unappealing with little warmth.and hardly any suspense as the denouement was suspected early on. Daniel's ties to his parents are sketchy and forced and do little to advance the story line. Not an engrossing read!

I have long enjoyed the series of mysteries featuring Charlotte and Thomas Pitt - expecting a novel well written, well developed and maintaining interest throughout. This entry into a new series, featuring their son, is just as delightful. The characters are well drawn, and the change from straight detective work (as in police work) to investigative work for an attorney, makes for an interesting and different sort of procedural mystery. I enjoyed the “flashbacks” to the characters from earlier books (both Charlotte and Thomas Pitt, as well as Aunt Vespasian, the references to Gracie, which recalled the original Pitt series.). Yet while it set the scene and characters nicely, Daniel Pitt and his protégés were interesting in their own right. The plot, though a bit unusual, was still believable, and while I had not planned to do so, I started reading the book one day and ended by spending a good part of the next finishing it, to find out how it all got worked out. Very well, as it happens. My only disappointment is that there is not yet another Daniel Pitt novel to begin; I hope Ms Perry is working on one diligently. And though it is not related to this particular book, may I also add that Ms Perry’s talents cross many periods - her series of novels of WWI are also beautifully rendered. I recommend her books to anyone who enjoys well tailored, interesting, human mysteries.

An excellent spinoff. Daniel is a Pitt through and through, and Anne Perry writes as well for him as she does for the rest of the family. Being a lawyer balances his career with, but separates him from, the family business.It’s a privilege to go along with Daniel on his first cases and witness his struggle to identify right and wrong. Daniel shows the best of his mother and father and uses their skills. but in a way of his own.In this book he takes on 3 impossible cases (does he win? Read and see!). We are introduced to new set of characters, the ones who fill Daniel’s life, but our long time favorites are not forgotten.This book is a brilliant way to extend the Thomas and Charlotte series by bringing fresh characters but not disconnecting from the originals. And yes, there is still room for more of the original series. In fact this book gives several pieces of information which just beg for some more Thomas and Charlottes to explain.For an Anne Perry fan, this is a must read.

Anne Perry is one of very few authors whose books I buy as soon as they are published. I have read all of her Pitt and Monk books plus a few of the others. This one is a natural development of its time and following the Pitt family. I loved it!

I'm a huge fan of Anne Perry and have ready many of her Pit and Monk novels. And the Christmas novels. It's nice to see her branch out to another character, now the Pit's son Daniel. The plot was sometimes fast-paced with twists and turns but I felt myself wanting more involvement with Thomas and Charlotte. Maybe because I like those characters so much. I particularly liked his relationship to his clients and his determined resolve to do everything he could to find the truth. I am hoping in future novels he finds a significant other and rounds out his character.

I could not get past page 130, and by then I had fallen asleep twice - I then turned to the last chapter and epilogue to confirm what I already suspected. I don't know why this author gets any good reviews - her writing is turgid and her research is poor, and the actions (and accomplishments) of the junior barrister in this story are unlikely, to say the very least. This author seems not to understand the difference between solicitors and barristers - or were things different back then? -and it is news to me that barristers in chambers have ever been 'employees'. Rumpole would be turning in his grave, had he existed. I will not be buying any more from this author.

This was an enjoyable read but definitely not edge of the seat stuff or a page turner for me. There were lots of things that appeared quite obvious in the storyline and in parts I found Twenty-One Days a little boring. As the book was set in Edwardian Times I had hoped to gain some of the atmosphere of the period and life in general but sadly the detail was lacking. I have now purchased one of Anne Perry's earlier books set in Victorian times out of interest, however I do not intend reading any more of Anne's books in this particular series.

Three stars for the storyline, not for the snail's pace development of the same. The characters are all rather clichéd. Once each character, more or less, is introduced, you know exactly how he or she is going to react and develop and actually there is little character development. And the courtroom verdict is telegraphed quite early in the story. In the end, I wasn't unduly bothered. As I mentioned, an interesting storyline just about saves the day.

Rather an obvious twist for anyone who has read much detective fiction. The attraction for me was the promise of descriptions of Victorian England. The book is set in the Edwardian period and there is precious little description. Nor is it remotely of the period in any other respect. The plot totally lacks credibility and I got bored long before the half way point, struggled to the end and frankly it wasn’t worth the effort.

I like the continuity on the Pitt series. Pitt and Charlotte still appear a bit, which is nice, and it seems Jemima will be also featured. I love the amazing descriptions of Victorian period London and even though it's moving a bit away from that due to the timeline, it is still so interesting. I'm looking forward to more female characters as the whole domestic, dresses, indoors investigation is what i like about the books.