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Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol by Gyles Brandreth. An Oscar Wilde Mystery.
Review summary: Unlike many of the previous books in this series, the murder mystery here is largely a subplot to the primary storyline, that being Oscar Wilde's description of life behind bars, which is described in vivid, riveting detail. This is a strong entry in this series, but also a very different from those that preceded it. (Click here for text of full review.)
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Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol
Gyles Brandreth
An Oscar Wilde Mystery
Touchstone (May 2013)
Publisher synopsis: Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials.
Yet even in the midst of such deprivation, his astonishing detective powers remain undiminished — and when first a brutal warder and then the prison chaplain are found murdered, who else should the governor turn to for help other than Reading Gaol's most celebrated inmate?
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