A Stranger in Mayfair: A Mystery Contributor(s): Finch, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312616953 ISBN-13: 9780312616953 Publisher: Minotaur Books OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Traditional - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Charles Lenox Mysteries |
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.67" W x 8.24" (0.67 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this enthralling mystery, detective Charles Lenox tries to resist the lure of a case and focus on his new career in Parliament. Returning from a continental honeymoon with his new wife, Lady Jane, 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 some 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 servants' quarters of Victorian London, Lenox gradually realizes that an old friend may be implicated in the footman's 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 surrounding the murder, he soon discovers that the killer is someone seemingly beyond suspicion, and may be prepared to spill blood again--even a detective's. |
Contributor Bio(s): Finch, Charles: - Charles Finch is the USA Today bestselling author of the Charles Lenox historical mysteries, which begin with A Beautiful Blue Death. His contemporary novel The Last Enchantments, is also available from St. Martin's Press. Finch received the 2017 Nona Balakian Citation Award, for excellence in reviewing, from the National Book Critics Circle. His essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Washington Post, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles. |