“A Beautiful Blue Death” is the first book in the Charles Lenox Mysteries and I am so very pleased to have discovered a wonderful new British cozy series. Book Club Discussion Questions for Short Story and Essay Collections.
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There was far too much of Charles' boots and tea; instead of acting as lures into the life of the characters, I felt as if I was being lectured about why I should find it fascinating (not that the author was lecturing - it just My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an eARC copy of this book to read and review.
No Comments Yet His life-long friend, Lady Jane Gray asks him to look into the death of her former maid, who has taken up a new position with another wealthy house. He has help from his brother (a member of Parliament), his valet, and his physician friend (who is interested in forensic pathology).“Her strength was in the integrity of her actions; she never compromised what she believed she ought to do.”“...It had been a perfect nap -- the sort a man runs into now and again by chance...” Curl up with a cuppa; you’re in for a treat.For some reason this book didn't grab me the way I expected.
by Oh wait—isn't that Lord Peter?There are enough historical "whats" to get my attention, but 3 stars because the mystery is sufficiently competently done.In Victorian London, Charles Lenox is a gentleman of the leisurely class, a man with no worries about income or career. He wants to ensure that the dialogue is not read as a narration of events but as a philosophical work, and so makes it clear that this is only his own version of an event at which he was not present.
No passion, no greatness, just a dull, lukewarm historical whodunnit.This is not a highly suspenseful mystery, but rather a quiet, Victorian, armchair-detective type book.This is not a highly suspenseful mystery, but rather a quiet, Victorian, armchair-detective type book.Friends, I have discovered an excellent new series. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist another chance to unravel a mystery, even if it means trudging through the snow to her townhouse next doorOn any given day in London, all Charles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, wants to do is relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. Thus, Forms serve as the ground for everything Plato says, and must then necessarily imply the Theory of Recollection and the immortality of the soul. Third, there is the view that Forms are stuffs. The title, however, is pedantically explained away very quickly in the book – and that is pretty much how the rest of the writing runs as well.
The only saving grace was that the chapters, for the most part, were short.There are too many things this American writer does not know about Victorian England.
A gentleman of leisure, Charles Lenox, who likes to dabble in solving crimes in his spare time, free of charge, as he is well set up financially.
The mystery involves the apparent suicide of a maid who used to work for Charles' friend, Lady Jane. by Lenox is smart, decent, upstanding and oh, so devoted to the delightful Lady Jane. Let me first make a few disclaimers, I did not finish this book.
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Untangling the ties between the deaths solves the case in time for Lenox and Lady Jane to contemplate more congenial companions. Suspecting murder, Charles, who has solved a few mysteries before, is asked to look into the matter.
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I kept reading hoping to get more...anything from the series, more background information, more insight into their characters, some kind of depth.