Death at Dartmoor (Victorian Mystery)

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A sentence to Dartmoor Prison is a sentence to a living hell Lord Charles Sheridan and his American wife, Kate, have heard some truly awful things about Britains most notorious prison. But Dartmoor and its mist-shrouded environs hold special appeal for both Sheridans. Kate hopes to find inspiration for her new Gothic novel, while Charles plans to implement a fingerprinting program at the prisonand arrange a meeting with one of its most infamous inmates, Samuel Spencer. Hes convinced that Spencera Scotsman who admitted to killing his wifeis, in fact, innocent. Whats more, he believes he has the evidence to prove it. But Spencer continues to maintain his own guiltand, as if to confirm it, he soon stages a daring prison escape. Lord Charles and his acquaintance Arthur Conan Doyle are most perplexed by this odd turn of events. And when a body turns up on the moor, its up to the two menand the clever Kateto discover if the missing convict is connected to this murderous new case