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The September Society (Charles Lenox, Bk 2)
The September Society - Charles Lenox, Bk 2
Author: Charles Finch
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 pulpy fried tomato, which was too far from t...  more »The September Society. . . .

In the small hours of the morning one fall 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, and dangerously close to home.
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ISBN-13: 9780312359782
ISBN-10: 0312359780
Publication Date: 8/5/2008
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 18 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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heartinthehighlands avatar reviewed The September Society (Charles Lenox, Bk 2) on + 54 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I enjoyed the first book in his mystery series, 'A Beautiful Blue Death'. And I liked this second one even more. It takes place in Oxford and you can tell that the author knows and loves the city well. We enjoy watching the friendship/relationship between Charles and Lady Jane develop. The mystery has some surprise twists and turns at the end. These take place in Victorian England and the author gives us lots of interesting information about the times without it's being in any way a dry history. I don't often buy a book when it comes out, but I will probably buy his next one. I don't think I will want to wait in line with a hold on it at the library.
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Helpful Score: 2
I am beginning to think that Charles Finch put way too much effort into this somewhat lacking second addition to the Charles Lennox saga.

What begins with intrigue slowly muddles down into too much description of the colleges that make up Oxford in 1866 and by doing so, puts the murder mystery beyond the backburner.

When Lady Annabelle Payson shows up in Lennox's front hall she presents him with a rather dubious mystery. Her son George has gone missing. Lennox doesn't usually take on something so mundane, but how do you turn down a lady in distress whom had already lost a husband under mysterious circumstance in war and now her son too may possibly be dead.

With unique clues and the mysterious September Society, a secret society made up of gentlemen that served in the 12th Suffolk 2nd, Lennox must now risk his life to untangle two very similar webs and hopefully bring answers to those that felt the truth would always be beyond them.

As time wore on, I found myself having to write down characters names with little descriptions of exactly who they were and how they fit into the story. Though new characters have been added that should spice up future books, I don't find myself running out to get the next book so quite so quickly.

After the first book, which I loved, this one was a bit of a let down. I don't want to be completely negative, there are some good parts, but unfortunately, you have hack your way to the end to get there.
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A first rate Victorian detective story! Charles Lenox is not quite the Sherlock Holmes, but infinitely more likable. This mystery has plenty of twists and turns to keep you quickly page turning. Charles is happily planning his trip to Morocco when he receives a request for help from an acquaintance to find her missing son. He travels to Oxford only to find plenty of clues but even more mystery. And the relationship between he and his neighbor, Lady Jane, is developing through the story in a most delightful way.


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