Southampton Row, Anne Perry
The Book The Inner Circle is at it again. Thomas Pitt is dismissed from being the Superintendent of Bow Street a second time and sent to work in the newest, and most secretive police service in Britain, Special Branch. He's supposed to get three weeks vacation, but just as they are headed out of the door, his new boss, Victory Narraway, cancels his leave. Charlotte and the children go on without him, while Pitt remain behind to protect the nation from the rise of Charles Voisey. The villain from the previous book is back, and standing for Parliament. Voisey is challenging a seat normally held by liberals. Thomas's brother-in-law, Jack Radley, recruited the candidate for the seat himself, a man by the name of Aubrey Serracold. . Narraway needs to know as much as possible about Voisey, if they are to stop the Fenians. As hard as it is for Pitt to be in London without his wife and kids, especially during the most heated part of a campaign, it gets worse....