Author: Charles Finch
Published: February 18th 2020 by Minotaur Books
Format: eBook, Hardcover, 304 pages
Genre: Historical Mystery
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
Series: Charles Lenox Mysteries, #0.3
The series numbering gets a bit confusing; this is the third prequel to the ongoing series.
The Charles Lenox series tends to wander a bit, for every three steps forward, there are two back so Charles Finch can describe the people, history, and places the main character, Charles Lenox, is encountering. In a roundabout way, ‘The Last Passenger’ is taking on Abolitionists and the slave trade, though not as prominent in Britain as it was in the United States, there were still forces on both sides of the pond that resulted in a body found without identification and a story that needed to be told.
It takes most of the book for Finch to get to the point, to figure out the clues and to delve into all the players, but once there the book comes together. At the same time, questions are finally answered when it comes to Charles Lenox’s history with Lady Jane and what happened to her husband, Lord Deere.
This series is not a quick read, some parts are downright tedious but stick with it because from time to time there is a spark of humor, especially from Graham, butler to Charles Lenox. It is not necessary to start the books from the prequels since that is not how they were written, but they do answer some of the lingering questions that had come up while reading which had not previously been answered.
The Charles Lenox series tends to wander a bit, for every three steps forward, there are two back so Charles Finch can describe the people, history, and places the main character, Charles Lenox, is encountering. In a roundabout way, ‘The Last Passenger’ is taking on Abolitionists and the slave trade, though not as prominent in Britain as it was in the United States, there were still forces on both sides of the pond that resulted in a body found without identification and a story that needed to be told.
It takes most of the book for Finch to get to the point, to figure out the clues and to delve into all the players, but once there the book comes together. At the same time, questions are finally answered when it comes to Charles Lenox’s history with Lady Jane and what happened to her husband, Lord Deere.
This series is not a quick read, some parts are downright tedious but stick with it because from time to time there is a spark of humor, especially from Graham, butler to Charles Lenox. It is not necessary to start the books from the prequels since that is not how they were written, but they do answer some of the lingering questions that had come up while reading which had not previously been answered.
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