In this enthralling mystery, detective Charles Lenox tries to resist the lure of a case and focus on his new career in Parliament.
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His investigation uncovers some unsettling facts about the family he served and a strange, second identity that the footman himself cultivated.
Returning from a continental honeymoon with his new wife, Lady Jane, Lenox is asked by a colleague in Parliament to consult in the murder of a footman, bludgeoned to death with a brick.
In this enthralling mystery, detective Charles Lenox tries to resist the lure of a case and focus on his new career in Parliament