Starts with girl escaping her captor. Then a pathologist examines a mysterious body found floating in the bay--drowned or murdered. "Saved" girl appears on TV show. Happy ending, but . . . the abductor took another girl as well, and that girl was never found. Flashback to high school. Nicole--the girl not found--is on the wild side. The "found" girl is more conventional. Twists. 1) the pathologist, Olivia, is the sister of the girl (Nicole) not found. 2) the dead "floater" is a drifter who had been dating Nicole. Pretty good so far, though there's a Chick Lit side that I could do without.
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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