Newlywed Detective Charles Lenox has barely returned from his honeymoon with new wife, Lady Jane Grey, when his services are requested by a friend in Parliament. A footman has been bludgeoned to death with a break. As Lenox begins to investigate the murder, clues begin to turn up strange facts about the family the footman was employed by, as well as some strangeness about the footman himself. Lenox's investigation takes him into the heart of Victorian London-- from the boxing and gentlemen's clubs, to the posh society of Mayfair and the servants quarters-- as he attempts to ferret out the real criminal element. But will he ask the wrong questions and upset the wrong persons before he can find the answer to who killed the footman?

Author Charles Finch has once again taken his readers into the fascinating era of Victorian London in his fourth novel, A STRANGER IN MAYFAIR. Continuing the intriguing story of Detective Lennox and his charming wife, Jane, along with their friends, Finch keeps the continuity of this series fresh and active with each new tale. If readers enjoy a fast-paced mystery with a bit of Sherlockian atmosphere, Charles Finch is the author to read.