Title: The Problem of the Evil Editor: A Charles Dodgson/Arthur Conan Doyle Mystery
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0312209037
ISBN 13: 9780312209032
Binding: hardcover
Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the winter of 1888, Reverend Charles Dodgson of Christ Church at Oxford - better known to the world as author Lewis Carroll - brings to his new found friend Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle to London to introduce him to editors potentially interested in Doyle's writing. Their first stop is the offices of a weekly magazine, Youth's Companion, arriving in time to find the place in an uproar - the staff is upset, the printers in a rage, and the editor is busy violently rejecting the work of up-and-coming Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Dr. Doyle fares no better with the foul-tempered, duplicitous and mean editor - Samuel Bassett and the duo depart.

Shortly thereafter, in full sight of the duo, Bassett is murdered outside of magazine's offices. Due to the heavy snowstorm, neither Dodgson nor Doyle can identify his attacker but they are on hand to hear Bassett's final gasp. With the Labor Riots raging in the streets, and unrest in the air, the police immediately assume that Wilde, a socialist, is responsible and set about trying to find him. But, believing that Wilde is innocent, Dodgson and Doyle, set about to find out the truth behind the vicious attack. In a quest that takes them from the most prestigious literary and art circles in Victorian London to the lowest dives of ill repute, the unlikely duo seek to unmask a killer before he strikes again.

About the Author

Roberta Rogow has been writing since she could hold a pen. After trying her hand as a folksinger and actress, she became a librarian and works at the Union Public Library in Union, New Jersey. Rogow is the author of The Problem of the Missing Miss and The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist, the two previous novels featuring the Dodgson and Doyle team. She lives with her husband Murray in Fair Lawn, New Jersey.

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