07-31-2022, 02:49 PM
Fleet Street Murders by Charles Finch
Quite the whiplash to go from the hyper violence of the Gray Man series to this gentile victorian era mash-up of manners and murder. I think there was one gun fight in the whole book.
Finch is getting better at the mystery part of these books. Lennox has to travel to the fictional city of Stirrington in the North of England where he runs for Parliament. Meanwhile in London, two Fleet Street newspaper editors have been murdered at almost the same time. Lennox is torn between his duties running for office and his need to solve mysteries. He's also having a bit of problem with his fiancee, Lady Jane, who wants to delay the wedding.
These aren't really mysteries you can solve while reading, you can only guess at whodunnit. The pleasure is in the descriptions of a different age and following along with the process.
Quite the whiplash to go from the hyper violence of the Gray Man series to this gentile victorian era mash-up of manners and murder. I think there was one gun fight in the whole book.
Finch is getting better at the mystery part of these books. Lennox has to travel to the fictional city of Stirrington in the North of England where he runs for Parliament. Meanwhile in London, two Fleet Street newspaper editors have been murdered at almost the same time. Lennox is torn between his duties running for office and his need to solve mysteries. He's also having a bit of problem with his fiancee, Lady Jane, who wants to delay the wedding.
These aren't really mysteries you can solve while reading, you can only guess at whodunnit. The pleasure is in the descriptions of a different age and following along with the process.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm