Questions About The Vanishing Man (Charles Lenox Mysteries #0.2)

by Charles Finch (Goodreads Author)

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Hi reading friends: I have only read the first in this series (Beautiful Blue Death)- but I purchased this book thinking it would be a good next one. Should I read the rest of the series first instead?

Laura I agree with the other response you received, but I'd also add that the book that comes after A Beautiful Blue Death (The September Society) is one of…moreI agree with the other response you received, but I'd also add that the book that comes after A Beautiful Blue Death (The September Society) is one of my favorites in the series, so it's worth carrying on in order for at least a few! (Plus, the further you get in the original series, the more you'll appreciate some of the little hints and cameos in the prequels. You'll still understand the prequels even if you read them now, but you may appreciate them more if you wait)(less)

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Who the heck is The Vanishing Man? :D Listened to the audiobook twice now and I still don't know.

Hanna As described in one review here, it is Mr Bonden who has the capacity to “vanish” to not be viewed.

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Help! What on earth was "the bizarre manner of the businessman in Maida Vale who had come out of a butcher's shop with a pound of mutton, and then shot himself? referenced the end of chapter 5.

Hanna The businessman cheated a former partner in the gold mines (I think) in Africa. This partner finally managed to trace him and the businessman was look…moreThe businessman cheated a former partner in the gold mines (I think) in Africa. This partner finally managed to trace him and the businessman was looking at him as he was leaving the store. He chose to kill himself than to be subject to the expected revenge.(less)

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Someone recently introduced me to this series & I decided to start with reading the Prequels first. I have been able to locate the first one, The Vanishing Man #0.2. However, I haven't been able to find The Vanishing Man #0.1. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you!

Hanna The first prequel 0.1 is titled: the Woman in the Water.

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If this is the 2nd prequel what is the 1st?

Hanna The first is The Woman in the Water.

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