The Fleet Street Murders

The Fleet Street Murders  

Cover art for The Fleet Street Murders
Author(s) Charles Finch
Language English
Series Charles Lenox series
Genre(s) Mystery, crime novel
Publisher St. Martin’s Press
Publication date November 10, 2009
Pages 320 (first edition, hardcover)
ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0
Preceded by The September Society
Followed by A Stranger in Mayfair

The Fleet Street Murders, by Charles Finch, is the mystery set in London, England during the Victorian era. It is the third novel in the Charles Lenox series.

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Awards and recognition

The Fleet Street Murders was nominated for the Nero Award in 2010.[1]

Publication history

The Fleet Street Murders', was first published in hardcover by St. Martin’s Minotaur and released on November 10, 2009.[2] A large print edition was published by Center Point Publishing on December 1, 2009.[3] The trade paperback was released on July 20, 2010.

Literary criticism

Finch received favorable reviews in several major newspapers. Marilyn Stasio of the New York Times called The Fleet Street Murders "a beguiling Victorian mystery [with] an amiable gentleman sleuth cut from the same fine English broadcloth as Dorothy L. Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey."[4] The Richmond Times-Dispatch praised the book, saying that "this third entry in Finch’s series shows the author at his confident best, with a well-conceived story [and] an honorable and amiable hero."[5]

References

  1. ^ Nero Wolfe (2011). "Nero Award Finalists". Nero Wolfe. http://www.nerowolfe.org/htm/neroaward/Nero-finalists.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-29. 
  2. ^ "Charles Finch". Macmillan Books. 2009. http://us.macmillan.com/Author/charlesfinch. 
  3. ^ "WorldCat: The September Society". Center Point Publishing. 2007. http://www.worldcat.org/title/september-society/oclc/445483829. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  4. ^ Stasio, Marilyn (December 10, 2009). "Hollywood Knights". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/books/review/Crime-t.html. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 
  5. ^ Strafford, Jay (December 10, 2009). "Book review: four mysteries". The Richmond Times-Dispatch. http://www2.timesdispatch.com/entertainment/2009/nov/29/bmys29_20091125-154602-ar-21277/. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 

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