Bethlehem Road

"Anne Perry skilfully evokes the atmosphere of nineteenth-century London and its sharp social contrasts." - PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY When a Member of Parliament is murdered on Westminster Bridge, the case becomes a top priority for Inspector Thomas Pitt. Victorian London seethes with unrest - women battling for suffrage, dockworkers on strike - and the public outcry at this latest outrage threatens to deafen the authorities. When a second and then a third MP are killed in the same spot, and in the same grisly fashion, Pitt's case reaches crisis proportions.