{"product_id":"a-beautiful-blue-death-9781250161642","title":"A Beautiful Blue Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEqual parts Sherlock Holmes and P.G. Wodehouse, Charles Finch''s debut mystery\u003ci\u003e A Beautiful Blue Death\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a wonderfully appealing gentleman detective in Victorian London who investigates crime as a diversion from his life of leisure. \u003c\/b\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Lenox, Victorian gentleman and armchair explorer, likes nothing more than to relax in his private study with a cup of tea, a roaring fire and a good book. But when his lifelong friend Lady Jane asks for his help, Lenox cannot resist the chance to unravel a mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrudence Smith, one of Jane''s former servants, is dead of an apparent suicide. But Lenox suspects something far more sinister: murder, by a rare and deadly poison. The grand house where the girl worked is full of suspects, and though Prue had dabbled with the hearts of more than a few men, Lenox is baffled by the motive for the girl''s death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen another body turns up during the London season''s most fashionable ball, Lenox must untangl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407262884183,"sku":"9781250161642","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250161642.jpg?v=1730498774","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-beautiful-blue-death-9781250161642","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}