A Stranger in Mayfair, Charles Finch
A Stranger in Mayfair, Charles Finch
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A Stranger in Mayfair

Author: Charles Finch

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 8 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/21/2011


Synopsis

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.

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 04, 2014

With the exception of the first book, I think this is my favorite story in the series so far! I was as proud of Charles for giving his first speach in Parliment as his wife was! This was a great story about having to make choices. Charles wants so much to be a difference in his work in Parliament, an......more

Goodreads review by Kate on March 07, 2020

I am loving this series more and more with each book of it I read. It is smart; at times - humorous, and always a wonderfully researched, written and constructed mystery with lots of red herrings. As for characters, the main ones are well developed throughout the series and little nicks in their arm......more

Goodreads review by Paulette on March 28, 2024

I enjoyed this mystery but I didn't think it packed quite the punch that the previous ones did. This is a transitional book, as Charles moves to a married life as well as a Member of Parliament. He's struggling with both lives as well as his enjoyment of his detecting life. He does, of course, solve......more