Charles Lenox Mysteries #4
Minotaur Books
November 2010
On Sale: November 9, 2010
Featuring: Charles Lenox
320 pages ISBN: 0312625065 EAN: 9780312625061 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Returning from a continental honeymoon with his lifelong friend and new wife, Lady Jane Grey, Charles Lenox is asked by a colleague in Parliament to consult in the murder of a footman, bludgeoned to death with a brick. His investigation uncovers both unsettling facts about the family he served and a strange, second identity that the footman himself cultivated.
Going into the boxing clubs and public houses, the Mayfair mansions and servantsโ quarter of Victorian London, Lenox gradually realizes that an old friend may be implicated in the footmanโs death. Soon a suspect is arrested, but Lenox has his doubts. Desperately trying to balance the opening of Parliament and what he feels sure is a dark secret, he soon discovers that the killer is someone shockingly innocuousโwho may be prepared to spill blood again, even a detectiveโs.
In Detective Lenox, Lady Grey, and their circle of close associates, Charles Finch has created a cast of inviting, flesh-and blood characters. His evolving series, with its keen eye for period detail and razor-sharp plotting, offers readers an unparalleled brand of charm, sophistication, and suspense.
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