Also by Charles Finch
The Last Enchantments
The Charles Lenox Series
Home by Nightfall
The Laws of Murder
An Old Betrayal
A Death in the Small Hours
A Burial at Sea
A Stranger in Mayfair
The Fleet Street Murders
The September Society
A Beautiful Blue Death
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CHARLES FINCH is a graduate of Yale and Oxford. He is the author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including the most recent, Home by Nightfall. His first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, is also available from St. Martin’s Press. Find him online at www.facebook.com/charlesfinchauthor and on Twitter @CharlesFinch. Or sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Chapter Thirty-Four
Chapter Thirty-Five
Chapter Thirty-Six
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Chapter Thirty-Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty-One
Chapter Forty-Two
Chapter Forty-Three
Chapter Forty-Four
Chapter Forty-Five
Chapter Forty-Six
Chapter Forty-Seven
Chapter Forty-Eight
Also by Charles Finch
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE INHERITANCE. Copyright © 2016 by Charles Finch. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Finch, Charles (Charles B.) author.
Title: The inheritance: a Charles Lenox mystery / Charles Finch.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016030746 | ISBN 9781250070425 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466880207 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Lenox, Charles (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Private investigators—England—London—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction. | Historical fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3606.I526 I54 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030746
e-ISBN 9781466880207
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First Edition: November 2016