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The Candlelight Murders

by Gyles Brandreth Book 1 in the Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series.

First published 2007

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London, 1889. Oscar Wilde discovers the body of a young acquaintance in a candlelit attic, his throat cut and the room arranged with disturbing care. Unwilling to leave the death to a routine investigation, Wilde seeks the help of Arthur Conan Doyle and begins tracing the victim’s movements through fashionable drawing rooms and less respectable corners of the city.

Wilde and Doyle find that solving an actual murder is more dangerous than constructing one on the page. As concealed relationships and private scandals emerge, they must decide which witnesses are lying and identify the purpose behind the ritual-looking crime before the killer can silence anyone else.

Historical Periods

Victorian London1837–1901 CE Victorian Crime1837–1901

Genres

Biographical Fiction Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller

Historical people

Arthur Conan Doyle

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