{"product_id":"an-extravagant-death-a-charles-lenox-mystery-paperback","title":"An Extravagant Death: A Charles Lenox Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn what promises to be a breakout in Charles Finch's bestselling series, Charles Lenox travels to the New York and Newport of the dawning Gilded Age to investigate the death of a beautiful socialite.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But when Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli offers him the opportunity to undertake a diplomatic mission for the Queen, Lenox welcomes the chance to satisfy an unfulfilled yearning: to travel to America. Arriving in New York, he begins to receive introductions into both its old Knickerbocker society and its new robber baron splendor. Then, a shock: the death of the season's most beautiful debutante, who appears to have thrown herself from a cliff. Or was it murder? Lenox's reputation has preceded him to the States, and he is summoned to a magnificent Newport mansion to investigate the mysterious death. What ensues is a fiendish game of cat and mouse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Witty, complex, and tender, \u003ci\u003eAn Extravagant Death\u003c\/i\u003e is Charles Finch's triumphant return to the main storyline of his beloved Charles Lenox series--a devilish mystery, a social drama, and an unforgettable first trip for an Englishman coming to America.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104972378335,"sku":"9781250767158","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/QUovV3l3WW1nZ1FzMHgxU1BVZ0FWUT09.webp?v=1781114781","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/an-extravagant-death-a-charles-lenox-mystery-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}