{"product_id":"a-stranger-in-mayfair-a-mystery-9780312616953","title":"A Stranger in Mayfair: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Charles Finch's \u003ci\u003eA Stranger in Mayfair\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGoing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Finch\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing Ma\u003c\/i\u003en. His first contemporary novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Enchantments, \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 N\u003ci\u003eew York Times, Slate, Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631608729874,"sku":"9780312616953","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_87839523-db25-45fd-9df1-18faab690c6a.jpg?v=1732777531","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-stranger-in-mayfair-a-mystery-9780312616953","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}