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

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First Edition: November 2016