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Language
  
English

Publisher
  
St. Martin’s Press

Originally published
  
November 2011

Preceded by
  
A Stranger in Mayfair

Genres
  
Mystery, Crime Fiction

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Series
  
Charles Lenox series

Publication date
  
November 2011

Author
  
Charles Finch

ISBN
  
9780312625085

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Pages
  
320 (first edition, hardcover)

Followed by
  
A Death in the Small Hours

Similar
  
Charles Finch books, Charles Lenox mystery books

Charles lenox a burial at sea


A Burial at Sea, by Charles Finch, is a set aboard a Royal Navy vessel in 1873 and in Egypt during the Victorian era. It is the fifth novel in the Charles Lenox series.

Contents

Plot summary

Charles Lenox, gentleman and former amateur detective, is now a Member of Parliament, and his wife is expecting their first child. However, relations between the United Kingdom and France are increasing strained following the opening of the Suez Canal and several British agents have been murdered on French soil. Lenox is asked to undertake a secret mission to Egypt by Prime Minister Gladstone. However, the brutal murder of an officer on the HMS Lucy has Lenox re-using his rusty investigation skills at the captain's request.

Publication history

A Burial at Sea was first published in hardcover by St. Martin’s Minotaur and released November 2011. The trade paperback was released in August 2012.

Reception

Finch received favorable reviews in several major newspapers. Publishers Weekly favorably compared Finch to Agatha Christie and Patrick O’Brian and said that A Burial at Sea was "the best in the series to date."

References

A Burial at Sea Wikipedia