Book Log 2021 #8: A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch

Charles Lenox is a Victorian gentleman of leisure, who spends his time at his club, studying the ancients, planning trips he will never take, and solving the occasional crime. In this case, his neighbor (and secret love interest) Lady Jane Grey, asks him to look into the apparent suicide of one of her former maids, who has gone on to work in the house of a much wealthier and powerful personage.

Despite the initial assumption of suicide, Lenox suspects murder. With the help of his butler and a a doctor friend, he takes on the case to see who, out of the numerous suspects in the great house, is the killer.

I did like this book, enjoying the depiction of Victorian-era London and the life of someone who takes on criminal investigation as a hobby. I do feel like it may have been a little light, but it may be that I've just gotten used to series (like Alex Grecian's Scotland Yard Murder Squad) that are pretty dark.