A Burial at Sea, Charles Finch
A Burial at Sea, Charles Finch
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A Burial at Sea

Author: Charles Finch

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 9 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/28/2011


Synopsis

Eighteen seventy-three is a perilous time in the relationship between France and England. When a string of English spies is found dead on French soil, the threat of all-out war prompts government officials to ask Charles Lenox to visit the newly-dug Suez Canal on a secret mission.

Once he is on board the Lucy, however, Lenox finds himself using not his new skills of diplomacy but his old ones: the ship's second lieutenant is found dead on the voyage's first night, his body cruelly abused. The ship's captain begs the temporarily retired detective to join in the hunt for a criminal. Lenox finds the trail, but in the claustrophobic atmosphere on board, where nobody can come or go and everyone is a suspect, he has to race against the next crime—and also hope he won't be the victim.

At once a compulsive murder mystery, a spy story, and an intimate and joyful journey with the Victorian navy, this book shows that no matter how far Lenox strays from his old life, it will always come back to find him.

About Charles Finch

Charles Finch is the author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including The Inheritance and A Beautiful Blue Death, which was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of Library Journal's Best Books of 2007. He is a graduate of Yale and Oxford, and lives in Chicago.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cherie on August 13, 2014

I really like Charles Lenox! Have I said that before? Yes, I am sure I have. The advertisement for this story was “Agatha Christie meets Patrick O’Brian”. I don’t think it was quite either, but in typical Charles Lenox fashion, the job gets done and we have more than a few scary moments and a few s......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 12, 2020

Ah Mr. Finch, you do spin a good yarn and this one never disappointed. Author Charles Finch infuses some fresh air into his Charles Lenox Mystery series by shipping his protagonist and Parliamentarian off on the high seas heading off to Egypt to survey the recently dug Suez Canal. Lenox is on a dipl......more

Goodreads review by Bev on September 10, 2021

Charles Lenox, fairly new member of Parliament and sometime detective, finds himself in a new role in this fifth entry in Finch's Victorian-era mystery series. His brother Edward, speaking on behalf of certain government officials, asks Lenox to go on a secret mission to Egypt. A number of English s......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on April 08, 2017

This book was disappointing to me, because it is a far departure from the series. Lenox takes a voyage on a British Naval ship, introducing an entirely new cast of characters. It was "macho" and gory, features I dislike. It was hard to finish when I could see that the characters I love from the serie......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on September 29, 2016

Murder! Madness! Mutiny! Spies! Nevertheless, a bit bland.......more