Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948- <br/><br/>
Oscar Wilde and a death of no importance 
/ Gyles Brandreth 
 - 1st Touchstone ed 
 - New York  : Simon & Schuster  , 2008. 
 - 347 p.  ; 21 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published:  Oscar Wilde and the candlelight murders. London : John Murray, 2007.  "A Touchstone Book." 
<br/><br/> "A young artist's model has been murdered, and legendary wit Oscar Wilde enlists his friends Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Sherard to help him investigate. But when they arrive at the scene of the crime they find no sign of the gruesome killing - save one small spatter of blood high on the wall. Set in London, Paris, Oxford, and Edinburgh at the height of Queen Victoria's reign, here is a gripping eyewitness account of Wilde's secret involvement in the curious case of Billy Wood, a young man whose brutal murder served as the inspiration for The Picture of Dorian Gray. Told by Wilde's contemporary - poet Robert Sherard - this novel provides a portrait of the great playwright and his own "consulting detective," Sherlock Holmes creator, Arthur Conan Doyle."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781416534839 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007003958 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wilde, Oscar (, 1854-1900) ----Ficcion<br/>Doyle, Arthur Conan , Sir  (1859-1930) ---Appreciation----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Murder---Investigations----Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Mystery fiction
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6052.R2645  / O73 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>MYS BRA