The September Society

English language

Published Dec. 20, 2008

ISBN:
978-0-312-35978-2
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3 stars (3 reviews)

The September Society, by Charles Finch, is the mystery set in Oxford and London, England in autumn 1866, during the Victorian era. It is the second novel in a series featuring gentleman and amateur detective Charles Lenox, and the first of two books Finch has written about Oxford, along with The Last Enchantments.

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Victorian Murder

4 stars

I read the first book in this series and liked it well enough to pick this one up. It's a very conventional Victorian-era mystery, which is to say, very upper-class and very white. The setting is the Oxford of that era, which is agreeable enough. The mystery itself is a little convoluted and unlikely for my taste. The protagonist is engaging and likely to move through interesting parts of society in London in future books. I'll pick up the next one.