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Author:

Finch, Charles author.

Title:

An extravagant death : a Charles Lenox mystery / Charles Finch.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

399 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Lenox, Charles (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.--London--Fiction.
British--Fiction.--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.--19th century--Fiction.
Newport (R.I.)--Fiction.--19th century--Fiction.
Large type books.
British.
Large type books.
Murder--Investigation.
Private investigators.
England--London.
New York (State)--New York.
United States.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

Charles Lenox travels to the New York and Newport of the dawning Gilded Age to investigate the death of a beautiful socialite. London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case. But when Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers him the opportunity to undertake a diplomatic mission for the Queen, Lenox welcomes the chance to satisfy an unfulfilled yearning: to travel to America. Arriving in New York, he begins to receive introductions into both its old Knickerbocker society and its new robber baron splendor. Then, a shock: the death of the season's most beautiful debutante, who appears to have thrown herself from a cliff. Or was it a suicide? Lenox's reputation has preceded him to the States, and he is summoned to a magnificent Newport mansion to investigate the mysterious death. What ensues is a fiendish game of cat and mouse. Witty, complex, and tender, An Extravagant Death is Charles Finch's triumphant return to the main storyline of his beloved Charles Lenox series-a devilish mystery, a social drama, and an unforgettable first trip for an Englishman coming to America. Provided by publisher.

Series:

Charles Lenox ; 14

ISBN:

164358913X
9781643589138

LCCN:

2021930323

Locations:

EXPC755 -- Akron Public Library (Akron)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

XRPC157 -- Anita Public Library (Anita)

AFPD266 -- Bloomfield Public Library (Bloomfield)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

FHPB224 -- Edgewood Public Library (Edgewood) — 52890

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)