The Fleet Street Murders (Charles Lenox Mysteries)
The near simultaneous murders on Christmas night of two giants of Fleet Street—Daily Telegraphwriter Winston Carruthers andDaily Newseditor Simon Pierce—rock 1866 London in Finch's absorbing third historical (after 2008'sThe September Society). These sensational crimes disturb holiday festivities at the Mayfair home of amateur detective Charles Lenox, who jumps at the chance to further his crime-solving career. In the meantime, Lenox's restless fiancée, Lady Jane Grey, may delay their impending nuptials while Lenox is also off running for Parliament in distant Stirrington, where he learns the seamy underside of British politics. The multifaceted case includes a coded letter, wartime espionage, a gang slaying, bribery and eavesdropping, making it all fearfully complicated in the words of Inspector Jenkins of Scotland Yard. An exciting boat chase on the Thames leads to a slightly incongruous happy ending.(Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.