THE PROBLEM OF THE EVIL EDITOR

Rogow, Roberta

ISBN 10: 0312209037 / ISBN 13: 9780312209032

Published by St. Martin's Minotaur, New York, 2000

About this Item

Signed first printing of this Victorian mystery starring detecting dilettantes Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, bent on proving Oscar Wilde innocent of murder, whether by bitter look or flattering word or blunt force trauma. 8'' x 5.5''. Original black boards. In original unclipped ($23.95) dust jacket. 298 pages. Signed by Rogow on title page. Though no provenance markings, this copy from the library of noted Sherlockian, BSI member since 1973, and retired US magistrate judge Andrew Peck. Minimal edgewear.

Seller Inventory # 51303

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PROBLEM OF THE EVIL EDITOR
• Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312209037
• ISBN 13: 9780312209032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Fine in fine jacket.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Lit
  • Sherlockiana

About this title

Synopsis

In the winter of 1888, Reverend Charles Dodgson of Christ Church at Oxford - better known to the world as author Lewis Carroll - brings his newfound 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, where they arrive to find the place in an uproar - the staff is upset, the printers in a rage, and Samuel Bassett, 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 - and the duo depart.
Shortly thereafter, in full sight of Dodgson and Doyle, Bassett is murdered outside of the magazine's offices. Due to the heavy snowstorm, neither of them can identify Bassett's 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 are determined 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 seeks 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.