title: The Fleet Street Murders (Charles Lenox Mysteries)
author:  Charles Finch 
description: The near simultaneous murders on Christmas night of two giants of Fleet Street<i>Daily Telegraph</i> writer Winston Carruthers and <i>Daily News</i> editor Simon Piercerock 1866 London in Finch's absorbing third historical (after 2008's <i>The September Society)</i>. These sensational crimes disturb holiday festivities at the Mayfair home of amateur detective Charles Lenox, who jumps at the chance to further his crime-solving career. In the meantime, Lenox's restless fiance, Lady Jane Grey, may delay their impending nuptials while Lenox is also off running for Parliament in distant Stirrington, where he learns the seamy underside of British politics. The multifaceted case includes a coded letter, wartime espionage, a gang slaying, bribery and eavesdropping, making it all fearfully complicated in the words of Inspector Jenkins of Scotland Yard. An exciting boat chase on the Thames leads to a slightly incongruous happy ending. <i>(Nov.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  THE  
  FLEET STREET MURDERS
  
    
    
    
    
    
  
  Also by Charles Finch
  
    
  
   _A Beautiful Blue Death_
  
   _The September Society_
  
  **THE**  
   **FLEET STREET MURDERS**
  
    
    
  
  Charles Finch
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
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  Minotaur Books ![](Images/image00154.jpeg) New York
  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events
  portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are
  used fictitiously.
  
    
  
  THE FLEET STREET MURDERS. Copyright © 2009 by Charles Finch. All rights
  reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address
  St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
  
    
  
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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  
    
  
  Finch, Charles (Charles B.)
  
  The Fleet Street murders / Charles Finch. — 1st ed.
  
  p. cm.
  
  ISBN 978-0-312-56551-0
  
  1\. Journalists—Crimes against—Fiction. 2. Private
  invest