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The Fleet Street Murders (Charles Lenox Mysteries, 3) Paperback – July 20, 2010

by Charles Finch (Author)
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Called "absorbing" (Publishers Weekly) and "beguiling" (The New York Times Book Review), The Fleet Street Murders from Charles Finch finds gentleman detective Charles Lenox investigating the mysterious, simultaneous deaths of two veteran newspapermen, while engaged in a heated race for Parliament.

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.

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  1. Book 3 of 15
    Charles Lenox Mysteries
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    July 20, 2010
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    5.5 x 0.8 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0312650272
  7. ISBN-13
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“A beguiling Victorian mystery [with] an amiable gentleman sleuth cut from the same fine English broadcloth as Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey.” ―Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

“Deftly plotted and richly detailed, The Fleet Street Murders is a taut Victorian thriller delivered from the pen of a master.” ―Deanna Raybourn, author of Silent on the Moor

“Somewhere in detective heaven, Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey are already preparing a glass of hot whiskey for Mr. Charles Lenox. This suave and flinty sleuth has a gorgeously dangerous future ahead of him, and so do lovers of Victorian mysteries.” ―Louis Bayard, author of The Black Tower

“This third entry in Finch's series shows the author at his confident best, with a well-conceived story [and] an honorable and amiable hero.” ―Richmond Times-Dispatch

“A charming and intelligent mystery series. . . . Finch effortlessly evokes a tone fitting the Victorian times, and that is a large part of his novel's charm.” ―The Oregonian

About the Author

Charles Finch is the USA Today bestselling author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including The Vanishing Man. His first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, is also available from St. Martin's Press. Finch received the 2017 Nona Balakian Citation 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Minotaur Books; First Edition (July 20, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312650272
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312650278
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.25 inches
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Charles Finch is the author of the bestelling Charles Lenox mystery novels, including the forthcoming "The Inheritance." His first standalone novel, "The Last Enchantments," about a group of students at Oxford University, was published in 2014. He's a regular book critic for the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today, and was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Critics' Circle award for criticism.

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These Lennox Mysteries have forced me to make time to read and relax and I am grateful for it. Love the series. Cheers Mr. Finch.
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Hal Jordan
5.0 out of 5 stars Another strong entry in my favorite series
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2010
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In this and the two earlier books in the series, Charles Finch has done a brilliant job of bringing to life 1860s London. In fact, I think it is fair to say that unless detailed descriptions of life in that time and place appeal to you, these books are probably not for you. Charles Lenox is a terrific creation, in the finest tradition of the amateur detective. Amateur, at least in the sense that he is not paid, but he thinks of himself as a detective and is always on the lookout for interesting cases. I think this is more satisfying -- and realistic -- than the situation with, say, Miss Marple, where the amateur detective just happens by chance to be at the scene of an extraordinary number of murders over the years. Although these are clearly books where atmosphere trumps mystery, I think the plots are fine and the mysteries satisfying.

The one thing that bothers me a bit is that so many loose ends of Charles's life are wrapped up in this book, that I hope that Finch intends to keep the series going and that this book wasn't meant as its final installment. (By the way, isn't it interesting when an author gives his hero the author's first name?)

I do have a couple of quibbles. Here and there, Finch's use of language doesn't seem accurately mid-Victorian. For instance, I think people of that time would have used the word "momentarily" in its original sense of "for a moment," rather than in its current sense of "in a moment." There are other similar anachronisms, or at least so they seemed to me. In this book, I also had some trouble with his dialog. In a number of places he presents long conversations where it takes some effort to figure out which words belong to which character. Rather than start off unambiguously along the lines of "Charles turned to Jane, and said ..." he will start with "Charles met Jane in the study. 'What are your plans for tomorrow ...'" Who is speaking that line, Charles or Jane? I can't recall this being a problem in the two earlier books, but I was bothered a bit by it here.

Finally, beware of one of the other reviews, which really has an egregious spoiler, giving away an important development that is only revealed at the very end of the book.
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L. J. Roberts
4.0 out of 5 stars Keep them coming, Mr. Finch
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2009
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First Sentence: It was late in the evening, and a thin winter rain beat down over London's low buildings and high steeples, collecting in sallow pools beneath the streetlights and insinuating its way inside the clothes of the miserable few whom fate had kept outside.

Amateur sleuth Charles Lenox is recently engaged to his best friend and neighbor, Lady Jane Grey, and is running for parliament in the small town of Stirrington, north of London. However, two important Fleet Street journalists are murdered on the same night at nearly the same time but one mile apart. Lenox becomes involved in the investigation but must do so remotely while he works on his election.

Finch brings Victorian England to life taking us from the residences of London society, to a small working town, to Newgate Prison making each real. The characters are diverse and real as the settings. I like that Charles and Lady Jane are not young, with Charles being not quite fifty. Graham is Charles friend and butler, their friends who suffer a miscarriage, the young son of a noble house who Lenox is trying to save from a life of dissipation by teaching him investigation and many others.

I love British historical mysteries and authors who seamlessly incorporate people, events and places into their books, such as Dickens drinking at the Fleet Street Pub, Ye Old Cheshire Cheese; a pub still in operation today. Even Finch's narration conveys the decorum of the time, "...their conversation devolved into all the endearments and stolen kisses and long laughs that belong to any new love--and that scarcely need to be repeated here."

Following Lenox through his campaign was fascinating and very much, I'm certain, still the way of campaigns today, perhaps even down to buying votes although one hopes not. Balanced against that is the unfolding of the investigation, much of which he has to conduct remotely and with the help of others.

The various story lines are very well constructed, seamlessly blended and each as interesting as the other. The story builds to a very exciting chase and an unexpected twist.

My fondest wish is for many more Charles Lenox books to come.

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Finch, Charles - 3rd in series
Minotaur Books, 2009, US Hardcover - ISBN: 9780312565510
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Marilyn G. Henry
5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing
Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2017
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Not everyone will like spending so much time on the campaigning, but I enjoyed it all, feeling I always learn so much British history from a finch novel. the mystery is absorbing and the characters so well drawn, and with each book I feel I know them all so well. Lady Jane is the only one not fully realized. We never get inside her head or spend enough time with her life, to get the sense of her. And we are told Lenox and graham are close, but here, at least, we don't get that because their conversations are always master to servant in tone. Graham needs to relax a bit. Still, these are beautifully written mysteries and so enjoyable... I'd highly recommend reading them, starting first to last.
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Julia Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Great mystery - richly-textured historical fiction
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2020
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Charles Finch does his research! He creates a believable window into the past devoid of cliches, as a backdrop for his compelling mysteries. His characters grow and develop over time, and it's a pleasure to follow them from book to book. Many mystery writers end up with two-dimensional characters who fall into cookie cutter patterns over time, but Finch's characters are like real people who actually change and age, building lives and forging relationships.

Another great book in the series!
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sigrunT
3.0 out of 5 stars Teilweise ganz nett zu lesen - mehr nicht.
Reviewed in Germany on August 2, 2018
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Dieses Buch wird mit sehr lobenden Worten beworben: Es sei ein sehr guter historischer Thriller und eine sehr gute Geschichte, die viktorianische Zeit werde hervorragend getroffen usw..
Leider kann ich mich diesen Aussagen gar nicht anschließen. Richtig ist, dass die Geschichte Weihnachten 1866 beginnt und sich einige Wochen in das Jahr 1867 hinein zieht. Das ist dem Leser aber nur deshalb bewusst, weil diese Jahreszahlen immer wieder genannt werden, viktorianische Lebensverhältnisse werden nicht geschildert. Zwar benutzt der Held irgend wann einmal eine Kutsche, das erinnert den Leser dann wieder daran, in welcher Zeit dieses Buch spielen sollte, man hatte es schon weitgehend vergessen. Wer wirklich Krimis lesen möchte, die die viktorianische Zeit zutreffend schildern, findet unter englischen Autoren ein breites und viel besseres Angebot.
Insbesondere entspricht auch die Denkweise und die Sprache der handelnden Personen der heutigen Zeit und nicht der vor 150 Jahren, wobei auch Begriffe aus dem amerikanischen Englisch verwendet werden, die selbst heute nach Jahrzehnte lange Einfluss amerikanischer Filme und Fernsehproduktionen auf das britische Englisch in England nicht gebräuchlich sind, wenn sie sicherlich inzwischen auch dort verstanden werden.
Das Buch enthält auch nicht eine Geschichte, meinethalben auch in verschiedenen Handlungssträngen, sondern zerfällt in vier Teile, die überhaupt nichts miteinander zu tun haben.
Er gibt einen Kriminalfall, der aufgeklärt wird und der wenig zu überzeugen vermag, es gibt einen Bericht über einen Wahlkampf um einen Unterhaussitz im nördlichen England,der ohne jeden Zusammenhang zu dem Krimi steht und es gibt noch zwei ziemlich irreale Geschichten über Beziehungsprobleme in zwei Partnerschaften.
Das ganze ergibt ein Buch, das sich phasenweise durchaus unterhaltsam liest und zum Zeitvertreib geeignet ist, aber einen mit dem Gefühl zurück lässt, man hätte in der Zeit auch was Sinnvolleres tun können, insbesondere ein besseres Buch lesen können.
Ich werde sicherlich kein weiteres Buch aus der Reihe lesen.
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Laird Russell Yearwood
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful way to spend a summer afternoon.
Reviewed in Canada on September 23, 2016
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Wonderful read, just what the Doctor ordered for my recent stay at the rehab hospital.
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Sir Steven
3.0 out of 5 stars I really like this series
Reviewed in Canada on June 18, 2015
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3.5 stars. I really like this series. I've expressed that in other reviews. The second book was much slower getting started but this one rebounds nicely.
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Nene
2.0 out of 5 stars I started it and I think I stopped at page ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2014
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I started it and I think I stopped at page 20...
I will give it a second chance...one day...when I won't have anything else to do...
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