First edition of the author's second book. A bibliomystery involving Henry Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) and Arthur Conan Doyle. A FINE book in FINE jacket , SIGNED by the author on the title page.

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Title

The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist

Publisher

New York, St Martins

Publication Date

1999

Language

English

ISBN 10

0312205708

ISBN 13

9780312205706

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Bibliomystery

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Synopsis

In October of 1885, mathematician and Oxford don Charles Dodgson - better known as Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - arrives in Portsmouth to visit a few days with his friend Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle.
An old, retired sea captain recently died of what everyone believed to be natural causes - everyone except his physician, Dr. Doyle. Now his suspicions are delaying the captains funeral and the settling of his estate, placing his family in a precarious position. Shortly after the inquest, an emissary of the Rajah of Rajitpoor arrives at the dead man's door, claiming to have an appointment with the deceased to discuss an important missing treasure stolen decades before from India. With this new mystery and the unanswered questions about the sea captain's death, Mrs. Cavanaugh - the longtime housekeeper for the captain - offers a solution. Claiming to be a spiritualist, she offers to conduct a seance to contact the dead man and get him to reveal the secrets behind his death and the missing treasure.
But no sooner does the seance get under way than the spiritualist dies - with the word "murder" on her lips. Now Dr. Doyle and Mr. Dodgson must resolve the mysteries of the past and present before another mysterious death occurs.

About the Author

Roberta Rogow is a librarian Union Public Library in Union, New Jersey.

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