The Letters of Dorian Gray

The Letters of Dorian Gray (98,000 words)

Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s classic, The Letters of Dorian Gray (98K words), is a contemporary, epistolary crime drama of a mother-daughter pair and a seemingly everlasting man who is their mutual lover.

Renowned pianist and billionaire heiress, Maggie Drake, is overjoyed that her estranged young daughter, Audrey, is returning home. The jubilation is fleeting when Maggie discovers that a lover from her youth, who hasn’t aged, is Audrey’s fiancé.

Soon, Maggie is hurled back in time to relive a murderous past. With each diabolical twist orchestrated by her eonian nemesis, she comes closer to deciphering the macabre future he has carved for her and Audrey. Can Maggie stop Dorian Gray before he destroys their lives?

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The Letters of Dorian Gray is somewhat similar in spirit to the recent thriller movie “Companion”. Additionally, certain aspects of the novel are reminiscent of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, and The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas.