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# A Beautiful Blue Death: The First Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Myster...

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A Beautiful Blue Death: The First Charles Lenox Mystery (Charles Lenox Mysteries Book 1)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Anachronisms distract from basically good tales
  

*by H***K on Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019*

The first book in the series is the weakest. They improve as the series goes on. What I don’t care for is the use of anachronistic expressions in the characters’ speech. For example, the term “scam” for a fraudulent scheme is first attested in the 1950s, not the mid-Victorian era. Another example is “transparency” as we use it now to mean absolute candor and forthrightness. Also not a Victorian term. Every book has at least one of these clangers. They distract me from the story. Nobody would have said his wife was pregnant. He would have used a euphemism. You couldn’t even say that word in American TV shows as late as the 1950s, let alone in Victorian England. As another reviewer mentioned, the plot element about the Lenoxes choosing when to have a baby is very anachronistic, unless they intended to have a celibate marriage. Plots and characters are interesting but the historical context is flawed enough to be unfortunate.

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    Mystery lovers looking for a new series? Try this one!
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2017*

As all readers know, it’s no fun when you come to the end of a good series and feel adrift in your lifeboat of literature, searching for the next thing to read. So I’m throwing out a lifeline with A Beautiful Blue Death, the first in the Charles Lenox mystery series by Charles Finch.Set in Victorian England, Charles is a gentleman of the upper class with Parliamentary aspirations who has discovered he has a real talent as a detective. With time and means to pursue this talent he’s already earned a reputation among his peers-and Scotland Yard-for both good and bad outcomes. But he knows his way is the way of the future so, invited or not, he doesn’t stop until the crime is solved.In this case, the crime is the mysterious poisoning of a housemaid in the home of one of London’s most powerful political players. The suspects are many, as are potential motives. But Lenox persists, with the help of his friend, Dr. Thomas McConnell, and in spite of personal danger and a second murder. His neighbor and lifelong friend, Lady Jane, is a frequent companion with a great interest in Charles’ activities and well-being. Readers will wonder if something deeper is developing between these two and it very well may be.Along the way readers are treated to a fun education in Victorian England. If you are a history buff as well as a lover of a good mystery, this one’s a page turner. And the good news is, once you turn the last page, there are nine more books to go.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    A fine debut novel
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2017*

I'm a fan of detective fiction set in the 19th century, and having burned through the series of other authors in the genre, was recommended Finch by Amazon.  The first in his series, _A Beautiful Blue Death_ has second-son of a minor house, Charles Lennox out of boredom and lacking any "gentlemanly" vocation, acting as an independent detective - in this case, solving the murder of a housemaid.The mystery was solid - while there are many possible suspects, close readers can quickly winnow it down to three characters most likely to have done the deed.  The writing is good, although not as strong or as compelling as other writers I am a fan of (

  
Some Danger Involved: A Novel









  
  
    
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The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad)









  
  
    
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A Death in Vienna









  
  
    
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The Sultan's Seal: A Novel (Kamil Pasha Novels (Paperback))









  
  
    
  .. The interrelationships between characters is well written, reminiscent of 

  
Death and the Jubilee (The Lord Francis Powerscourt)









  
  
    
   but not quite as good in my opinion.  The resolution and conclusion was particularly a little trite.For a debut novel, Finch is off to a solid start - although I recommend these other writers ahead of him.  I will certainly read more by him on the strength and promise that he will mature in the complexity of his writing and provide some depth and dimension to his characters.

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