Anne Perry is one of my very favorite authors. I always love her books. She is a great writer and incorporates historical events and facts from the Victorian era with social issues that still feel relevant today. This is the latest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery. It isn't the very best of these, but it is still excellent.
Midnight at Marble Arch continues Pitt's career as the head of Special Branch, although the case they are investigating isn't a typical Special Branch case. The Portugese ambassador's teenage daughter is distressed and accidentally goes through a second floor window when a young man is taunting her at a social event. The ambassador asks Pitt for his assistance with it. Another woman is found dead after a brutal rape. Victor Narraway, the former head of Special Branch, is asked by her husband to look into it. Another young girl is assaulted as well. The crimes don't seem to be connected, and a seemingly innocent man is being tried. The crimes are taking place at the same time as the Jameson trial and controversy when an Englishman attempted a raid in South Africa and failed.
Due to the nature of the crimes, this book is probably not appropriate for young readers. There is some detail discussed (although not too terribly graphic) as they try to connect the different crimes to each other and one perpetrator.
This book is definitely worth the time as are all of Perry's books.
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