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The Charles Lenox Series has become a Holiday season staple: itвЂ™s like reconnecting with old friends who lived in a different time and the latest installment вЂњAn Old BetrayalвЂќ was published last month, just in time for the holidays. Constantly torn between social pressure (a gentleman shouldnвЂ™t engage in trade) and his curiosity and passion for detection, Charles Lenox is as compelling as the characters he is surrounded by: Graham, his butler and вЂњassistantвЂќ detective, Dallington, the charming yet debauched apprentice, Lady Jane, the next door neighbor and love interest, Edmund, LenoxвЂ™s brother who would love to participate to the investigations, McConnell, that I envision as the tipsy version of Watson. While his brother inherited a spot in the Parliament and the family seat, Lenox spends his days with a frowned upon hobby: he is a detective. The action takes place in Victorian England, 1865 to be precise, and the main character of the series is Charles Lenox, a gentleman who leads a very comfortable life as the second son of a Duke. I even ran back to the book store the following day when I realized that it was the second book of the series! Naturally, I bought the book and started reading it right then and there on the way back home. A middle aged woman approached me and emphatically recommended the book. As usual I was in the mystery and thrillers section, reading the back cover of a book with an intriguing title вЂњThe September SocietyвЂќ. I was browsing books at the now defunct Barnes & Nobles in Lincoln Center looking for something good to read over the holidays. Let me take you back to several years ago, around Christmas time.

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While I take full responsibility for the first and the potential disasters in my kitchen, I can blame Charles Finch for the second occurrence.

The first antidote leads you to daydream about food and write the draft of a recipe, the secondвЂ¦ to miss the Wall Street stop and end up in Brooklyn, and late for work. Both activities allow you to zone out the caffeinated traders talking loudly about their latest (but possibly real) deals and (mostly fictional) amorous encounters. There are few antidotes to a long and often unpredictable subway commute: pretending to work while writing a blog post on the blackberry and reading a good book.

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