New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. SIGNED. NF/F. Stated First Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Walter Satterthwait on the title page, with the written quote “Who better than a poet, with his insight into the mind and the heart, who better than he to penetrate the mask behind which this villain has hidden himself.” W.S. on the adjacent page. The book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean unmarred boards. Light crease to spine head. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped (19.95) with very faint shelf wear. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 374 pages. 5¾ x 8½ tall.

Oscar Wilde is on a lecture tour of the American West when someone in his entourage is suspected of savagely murdering prostitutes. When Wilde becomes the chief suspect he becomes determined to clear his name.

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