A Stranger in Mayfair

4.0 avg 195 votes

About this book

In Charles Finch's A Stranger in Mayfair, the next enthralling installment in the Charles Lenox Mysteries, detective 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.

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4.0/5 · 195 readers · 336 pages · ≈ 6 h 13 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read A Stranger in Mayfair?

About ≈ 6 h 13 m — 336 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mA Stranger in Mayfair~6 h 13 m

How many pages is A Stranger in Mayfair?

336 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320A Stranger in Mayfair336

What genre is A Stranger in Mayfair?

It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.

Is A Stranger in Mayfair in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Where does A Stranger in Mayfair take place?

It is set in England, London, London (England).

Who wrote A Stranger in Mayfair?

Charles Finch.

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