{"product_id":"9781250031495","title":"A Death in the Small Hours : A Mystery","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA Death in the Small Hours\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Charles Finch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Charles Finch, the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Blue Death\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Burial at Sea,\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eA Death in the Small Hours\u003c\/i\u003e--an intriguing new mystery in what \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"a beguiling series\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of regularly investigating the crimes of Victorian London now some years behind him, he plans a trip to his uncle's estate, Somerset, in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor thefts, threatening scrawls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin to understand the great stakes of those events, and the complex and sinister mind that is wreaking fear and suspicion in Plumley.  Now, with his protege, John Dallington, at his side, the race is on for Lenox to find the culprit before he strikes again.  And this time his victim may be someone that Lenox loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Superb . . . Boasting one of Finch's tightest and trickiest plots, this installment further establishes Lenox as a worthy heir to the aristocratic mantle of Lord Peter Wimsey.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The murder mystery that Finch weaves keeps readers guessing.” —\u003ci\u003eMary Foster, The Associated Press on A Burial at Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Finch vividly brings 1860s London to life [and] effortlessly inhabits his compassionate hero.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today on A Stranger in Mayfair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beguiling. . . . Character is very much at the core of these whodunits.” —\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review on The Fleet Street Murders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250031495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40621698515150,"sku":"9781250031495","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_e9822975-d226-4dec-a572-6a1bf1306888.jpg?v=1638494248","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250031495","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}