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marystevens 's review for:
A Beautiful Blue Death
by Charles Finch
Victorian mystery. Good research. Only a couple of anachronisms. Lots of snow. Made me grateful for today's warm boots; even 50 years ago they were hard to get. Well-written in a kind of Victorian prose. Nice cozy but platonic romance between the sleuth, Charles Lenox, and his best friend, lady Jane, from childhood. Couldn't figure out whodunit it til it was revealed. Clever plot. Lady Jane's former maid is discovered to be poisoned and Lenox looks into it as a favor. I liked the portrayals of the webs of family and friendships that governed England then.