Bethlehem Road

Anne Perry. Fawcett Books, $7.99 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-449-21914-0

London policeman Thomas Pitt and his well-born, well-educated wife, Charlotte, investigate the Westminster Bridge murders of politically dissimilar, personally unrelated members of Parliament. According to PW , ``Perry guarantees a good read to those who like their murder in a believable historical and psychological context.'' (Aug.)

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