Midnight at Marble Arch: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel    by Anne Perry Order:  USA  Can Ballantine, 2014 (2013) Hardcover, Softcover, e-Book     Reviewed by Hilary Williamson Anne Perry's Midnight at Marble Arch continues to follow the exploits of Thomas and Charlotte Pitt in 1896 London. Intertwined with the mystery is the Jameson Raid in South Africa and its political and financial fallout. And, given recent world news in the U.S. and India, her topic is sadly timely - violence against women. Pitt was promoted to head Britain's Special Branch in Dorchester Terrace. His ex-boss, Victor Narraway has been appointed to the House of Lords and finds himself with time on his hands. Which is just as well as he's soon embroiled in the case of a brutal murder. Merchant banker Rawdon Quixwood's wife Catherine was raped and viciously beaten in her own home, and it appears that she let in the killer herself. At a party, Charlotte Pitt notices that the Portuguese ambassador's daughter Angeles seems terrified of a young man, Neville Forsbrook, a banker's son who keeps forcing his attentions on her. Onlookers blame Angeles for poor social skills or assume she drank too much wine, but Charlotte wonders. When tragedy follows, Charlotte is impelled to pursue the matter further. She discovers that Angeles was raped (and she was not the only one), but Quixwood gives Neville Forsbrook an alibi for the night in question. A young married banker, Alban Hythe, is eventually arrested and tried for Catherine Quixwood's murder - he had been her friend and they had met often. But Victor Narraway is not convinced of his guilt. The usual suspects in the Pitt circle rally to prove Hythe's innocence, including the indomitable Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould - and perhaps there's romance in the air for her as the series develops. I look forward to finding out. Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. Find more Mystery books on our Shelves or in our book Reviews