Book description
In the small hours of the morning one autumn day in 1866, a frantic
widow visits detective Charles Lenox. Lady Annabelle's problem is
simple: her beloved son, George, has vanished from his room at Oxford.
When Lenox visits his alma mater to investigate, he discovers a series
of bizarre clues, including a murdered cat and a card cryptically
referring to the September Society. Then, just as Lenox realizes that
the case may be deeper than it appears, a student dies, the victim of
foul play.
What could the September Society have to do with it? What specter,
returned from the past, is haunting gentle Oxford? Lenox, with the
support of his devoted friends in London's upper crust, must race to
discover the truth before it comes searching for him... Charles Finch
is a graduate of Yale and Oxford. He is the author of the Charles Lenox
mysteries, including The Fleet Street Murders
, The September Society
and A Stranger in Mayfair
. His first novel, A Beautiful Blue Death
, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of Library
Journal's Best Books of 2007, one of only five mystery novels on the
list.
