This shining star of historical crime fiction returns with the eagerly anticipated addition to the series that Booklist hails as "pitch-perfect."

During his travels, Wilde is enchanted by the LaGrange acting dynasty, whom he befriends abroad an ocean liner. Things are not what they seem with this family, and Oscar's shrewd curiosity gets the better of him as he investigates a series of mysterious incidents surrounding this famed family. Once the troupe arrives in Paris to perform Hamlet, the tragedies mount as more than one actor connected with the LaGrange family finds his life dramatically cut short on the stage.

As Oscar digs deeper into these seemingly random events, he quickly discovers a horrifying secret...one which may bring him closer to his own last chapter than he could ever imagine.