I found this a little on the 'over the top' side. Our murderer is delusional. He has a prison cell beneath his flower shop where he tortures and murders his victims, then puts mementos up on his wall. Our hero, Lizzy, ends up saving her FBI beau (a feminist reversal that worked nicely.) As for the other women: Jessica isn't suited for the PI life and returns to criminology school. Hayley, the tough chick, discovers on the last page that her mother has been brutally murdered, thus setting up the next book.
February 1895 (Alice died in 1892) Money problems, jealousy of Wilde; time spent with Lord Wolseley1; off to Ireland to lick his wounds; Irish unrest--Irish landlords boycott all social events; much time spent with manservant Hammond (homosexual attraction again); fancy dress ball, appalling to James, who is only happy in company of Hammond, though Hammond remains a servant and no more; little girl alone on the grounds--inspiration for Turn of the Screw?; conflict with Webster who alludes to Wilde's successful play and HJ's failure; Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army . He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa, and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernizing the British Army in promoting efficiency. He served in Burma, the Crimean War , the Indian Mutiny , China, Canada and widely throughout Africa—including his Ashanti campaign (18...
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