The Fleet Street Murders, Charles Finch
The Fleet Street Murders, Charles Finch
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The Fleet Street Murders

Author: Charles Finch

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 8 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/07/2011


Synopsis

It's Christmas, 1866, and amateur sleuth Charles Lenox, recently engaged to his best friend, Lady Jane Grey, is happily celebrating the holiday in his Mayfair townhouse. Across London, however, two journalists have just met with violent deaths—one shot, one throttled. Lenox soon involves himself in the strange case but must leave it behind to go north to Stirrington, where he is running for Parliament. Once there, he gets a further shock when Lady Jane sends him a letter whose contents may threaten their nuptials.

In London, the police apprehend two unlikely and unrelated murder suspects. From the start, Lenox has his doubts; the crimes, he is sure, are tied. But how? Racing back and forth between London and Stirrington, Lenox must negotiate the complexities of crime and politics, not to mention his imperiled engagement. But as the case mounts, Lenox learns that the person behind the murders may be closer to him—and his beloved—than he knows.

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

The time is the Mid-1860s; the place is England (both London and the “North”); the private investigator is Charles Lenox, a member of the upper class, rich enough to indulge this “hobby.” The murders take place almost immediately. Lenox is again involved mostly from his curiosity and his “connections......more

Goodreads review by Brackman1066 on September 27, 2010

It's refreshing to find a series with a detective who is quiet, intelligent, and decent. Don't get me wrong; some of the detectives who are alcoholic, anti-social, shell-shocked, miserably partnered, devastatingly widowed, etc. are well-drawn and engaging. However, as Jasper Fforde so mercilessly sh......more

Goodreads review by Cherie on July 13, 2014

I listened to the ending of the story twice to make it last a little longer. Lady Jane, Charles, Edward, Robert, Toto and Graham all feel like an extended part of my family now. I can't wait to meet them again. I am grateful to the folks at the Dundee, Illinois Public Library for the InterLibrary loa......more

Goodreads review by Kate on February 09, 2020

This third book in Charles Finch's "Charles Lenox Mystery" series continues a brilliant story of an aristocratic, bright and intelligent self-made detective. The writing is excellent and imagery - atmospheric. The setting is 1866 London. Our 40ish detectective is betrothed to his childhood friend an......more

Goodreads review by Megan on December 08, 2011

I would go to the bookstore very often and every time I would pause at this book until finally I picked it up and bought it. I wish I would have known that was the third in the series but glad I could read it out of order. I really enjoyed this book. It is very similar to a Sherlock Holmes book exce......more