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A Stranger in Mayfair

Charles Lenox Mysteries Series #4

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A Stranger in Mayfair

De: Charles Finch
Narrado por: James Langton
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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.

Investigate more mysterious doings with Charles Lennox.©2010 Charles Finch (P)2011 Tantor Detective Detectives Tradicionales Histórico Misterio Ficción Crimen Suspenso

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"With a keen eye for period detail, Finch believably portrays his Victorian sleuth skillfully managing life's demands. . . . Readers of Anne Perry should be snatching up Finch's books and clamoring for more." ( Library Journal)
Engaging Mysteries • Intriguing Historical Details • Excellent Narrator • Immersive Victorian Setting • Complex Hero
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The best narrator and the most wonderful stories that will transport you back in time!

My absolute favorite book series!

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James Langdon is on everyone of my favorite narrators. He brings books to life. Awesome.

Good story. Great narrator. Loved it.

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Charles faces some difficult decisions as his two careers pull at him. The narrator does an excellent job.

Recommended

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I like Charles Finch's Lennox series very much.
James Langton was great when narrating/doing different characters, but his prose narration is of a style I have heard before and find very annoying. It is a sing song type of prose narration that can become monotonous to listen to. Quite stilted. Otherwise, most enjoyable.

Another good read

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I enjoyed listening to another good mystery in the Charles Lennox series. it was entertaining, and the narrator does an excellent job.

Another good story

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This is a good book, in a series about a victorian gentleman, Charles Lenox, who is undertaking the shocking new profession (for the times) of being a detective. Although he has just been voted into Parliament (in this episode), his friends and peers still look upon him with suspicion. Because despite the fact that he has a record for solving cases that even stump Scotland Yard (or more often, helping SY solve the cases and he doesn't even take the credit for himself), this is still not considered an appropriate way for a gentleman to spend his time.

In this one, he is juggling his new place in Parliament, trying to learn how to make a positive difference there--while continuing to investigate a murder that is far more interesting to him. A footman in an aristocratic household has been murdered--and he is initially asked to help solve the murder, then subsequently (and mysteriously) asked to stop doing so. This of course leads him to wonder who, in the household, doesn't want the truth to come out.

It is a good series--I have read previous books in the series, and this is the first I have listened to. The narrator is okay, but sounds just a bit fancy or pretentious somehow (which I suppose might be what is indicated to support the story). But I find myself wishing his voice were just a bit more solid and straightforward. I must say, though, that the books themselves tend to be of that ilk, as well--the dialogue seems too formal, too polite (even though it is Victorian era) to be believable at times (and that would be my main criticism of the whole series).

Were I an author writing historical fiction, I think it would be a very hard job to write dialogue faithful to the times depicted without leaving a modern reader viewing it as a little silly. So I make this criticism lightly. I would compare this series to the books of Anne Perry--who, I believe has done a slightly more credible job of dialogue from this perspective. But both authors have written good books, good mysteries & always some interesting historical information--very readable if this is your area of interest.

Very good, but not great

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Loved how the story evolved it was hard for me to understand who the murder was

The ending

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Excellent. Great characters and story. I just love how the author submerges us into that era in British history so completely and with humor. Gentle English universal human humor. I can’t wait to read another Charles Finch Lenox detective novel.

This review was paid for by no one! Just my honest enjoyment expressed.

Wonderful detective novel and series

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sometimes i have one of those cold sweat moments when i think, "shit, what if I'd never happened on this author and this narrator?" it's just like when i think that, gosh, if i had not rented that dumpy cabin in Tahoe for the summer of 2001 I'd never have met my husband. i know, it's silly, but that's HOW GOOD these mysteries are. the narrator, James Langton, is unreal. Put down that Agatha Christie you are about to re-read for the fourth time and order every book in this series before something happens to you, or It's the end of the world or whatever. hurry!

brilliant fortinate find of a series

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I actually am learning something about the time period and the culture of London. I hope he can eventually get away from Parliament and focus on detective work!

Another enjoyable installment to the series.

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