A Stranger in Mayfair, by Charles Finch, is a mystery set in Mayfair and surrounding neighborhoods in London, England during the Victorian era.

Charles Lenox, gentleman amateur detective, has recently married and has been elected to Parliament.

Although Lenox plans to give up detection (due to the demands of his new vocation and to alleviate the concerns of his new wife), he is pulled into a case when a colleague in Parliament asks for help solving the murder of his footman.

A Stranger in Mayfair was first published in hardcover by St. Martin’s Minotaur and released on November 9, 2010.

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