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Description edit
The sitting room looked as familiar as the back of his hand, and immediately Lenox took a liking to the young man who inhabited it. He saw several small artifacts of the missing student’s life---a frayed piece of string about two feet long of the sort you might bind a package with, half of a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Charles Lenox: Add a description of this character.
- Thomas McConnell: Charles Lenox's longtime friend
- Graham: Charles Lenox's valet and longtime friend
- Bill Dabney: Oxford student and friend of George Payson
- Dallington: Charles Lenox's apprentice
- George Payson: son of Lady Annabelle Payson and Oxford student
- Lady Jane: Charles Lenox's neighbor and lifelong best friend
- Mrs. Tate: proprietess of Turf Tavern in Oxford
- Captain John Lysander: member of the The September Society
- Jenkins: detective at Scotland Yard
- Edmund Lenox: Charles Lenox's brother and member of Parliament
- Hallowell: doorman at The September Society
- Peter Wilson: member of The September Society
- Inspector Goodson: Scotland Yard
- Mary: Charles Lenox's servant
- Major Theophilus Butler: member of The September Society
- Lady Annabelle Payson: George Payson's mother
- Lord Russell: member of Parliament
- Daniel Maran: Parliament's Minister of Ordnance
- Hilary: member of Parliament
- Mr. Chaffanbrass: Antiquarian
- Annie: Lady Jane's servant
- Lincoln College: Oxford college
- Mr. Kelly: nickname Red
- Malory: member of Parliament
- Merton College: Oxford college
- Rosie Little: manages dance events for students in Oxford
- Hatch: professor at Oxford
- Tom Stamp: Oxford student, Bill Dabney's roommate and George Payson's friend
First Sentence edit
The only question left, he felt, was how to handle the matter - how it was to be done.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 8 in Charles Lenox. (standard series)
Preceded by A Beautiful Blue Death, and followed by The Fleet Street Murders.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Finch (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Minotaur
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0312564940
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Minotaur
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0312564940
Page Count: 320
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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Links to Supplemental Material edit
- www.charles-finch.com: author's website
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