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Oscar Wilde And A Game Called Murder: A Mystery (2008)

by Gyles Brandreth(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1416534849 (ISBN13: 9781416534846)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Touchstone

series

The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries

review 1: This series of novels is right up my street. Oscar Wilde in detective mode solving murders ably assisted by Robert Sherard and with cameos by Arthur Conan Doyle and other well-known people of the time. Rip-roaring, capturing Oscar Wilde's wit perfectly and whilst the stories are clearly fiction, the main protagonists and geography are not. They cleverly intertwine the known exploits of those at the time with the murderous activities of the villains. If you like Oscar Wilde and like whodunnits, then you will simply love these books. Two down; can't wait to read the other four.
review 2: I think this book was almost too clever for its own good... Oscar Wilde as a character is a little over-bearing with all his clever lines and intelligence. I like my characters w... moreith a little more fatal flaw. There were nods to Oscar's all the way through, but it didn't really affect him and won't until the series reached 1895. All the references to Wilde's later works were amusing, but eventually I felt like they were getting a bit too much.Complaining aside, I enjoyed it. It was amusing and moved at a nice pace. It's going to be another one of those series that I will pick up if I see it in the library, but I don't think I'll be buying anymore. less

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