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The Posing Playwright

by David Field Book 5 in the The Esther & Jack Enright Mysteries series.

First published 2018

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London, 1895. Oscar Wilde’s libel action against the Marquess of Queensberry threatens to expose private lives and prominent names in open court. Detective Inspector Percy Enright and Detective Sergeant Jack Enright are ordered to contain information that could implicate members of the political and social establishment in crimes beyond the charge against Wilde.

At the same time, a leading peer disappears, stretching Scotland Yard and raising the possibility that the cases are connected. Esther Enright joins the inquiry and follows the links between theatrical celebrity, blackmail and elite protection, while the family’s official duty to suppress scandal conflicts with the need to investigate a potentially violent crime.

Historical Periods

Victorian London1837–1901 CE Victorian Crime1837–1901

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller Social & Domestic Fiction

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