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Language
  
English

Publisher
  
St. Martin’s Press

ISBN
  
978-0-312-35978-2

Author
  
Charles Finch

Followed by
  
The Fleet Street Murders

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Series
  
Charles Lenox series

Publication date
  
August 5, 2008

Originally published
  
5 August 2008

Preceded by
  
A Beautiful Blue Death

Genres
  
Mystery, Crime Fiction

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Pages
  
320 (first edition, hardcover)

Page count
  
320 (first edition, hardcover)

Similar
  
Charles Finch books, Charles Lenox mystery books, Mystery books

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.

Contents

Plot summary

A student at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford goes missing. His mother engages Charles Lenox to solve the mystery of his disappearance. Lenox, himself a graduate of Oxford, revisits his alma mater to piece together the clues in this kidnapping case which, upon the discovery of a body, becomes a murder investigation. Eventually the trail leads Lenox back to London and the headquarters of a mysterious society.

Lenox’s evolving friendship and potential romance with his childhood friend and next-door neighbor Lady Jane is a central subplot. Additionally, the book introduces Lord John Dallington, a young wastrel aristocrat, as Lenox’s apprentice.

Publication history

The September Society', was first published in hardcover by St. Martin’s Minotaur and released on August 5, 2008. The trade paperback was released in 2009. A large print edition was published by Center Point Publishing in February 2010.

References

The September Society Wikipedia