{"product_id":"the-hidden-city-charles-finch-9781250767189","title":"The Hidden City: A Charles Lenox Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgainst the vividly drawn backdrop of Victorian London, amateur sleuth Charles Lenox must unlock a mystery concealed in the architecture of the city itself, in this new novel from acclaimed author Charles Finch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1879, and Lenox is convalescing from the violent events of his last investigation. But a desperate letter from an old servant forces him to pick up the trail of a cold case: the murder of an apothecary seven years before, whose only clue is an odd emblem carved into the doorway of the building where the man was killed. When Lenox finds a similar mark at the site of another murder, he begins to piece together a hidden pattern which leads him into the corridors of Parliament, the slums of East London, and ultimately the very heart of the British upper class. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the same time, Lenox must contend with the complexities of his personal life: a surprising tension with his steadfast wife, Lady Jane, over her public support of the early movement for women's suffrage; the arrival of Angela Lenox, a mysterious young cousin from India, with an unexpected companion; the dizzying ascent of his brother, Sir Edmund Lenox, to one of the highest political posts in the land; the growing family of his young partners in detection, Polly and Dallington; and the return of the problems that have long bedeviled one of his closest friends, the dashing Scottish physician Thomas McConnell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing a beloved cast of characters, a top-notch puzzle, and Finch's trademark humor and richness of historical detail, \u003ci\u003eThe Hidden City\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel by a master at the top of his form\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Finch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250767180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250767189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Charles Finch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114138022143,"sku":"9781250767189","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c6abaae-7327-4262-8a3b-b76a37d56362.jpg?v=1769619346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hidden-city-charles-finch-9781250767189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}