Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder: A Mystery (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416534846)

The second witty novel in an astonishingly authentic historical mystery series featuring detective Oscar Wilde and his partner in crime, Arthur Conan Doyle.

It's 1892, and Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his play Lady Windemere's Fan. While celebrating with friends at a dinner party he conjures up a game called "murder" that poses the question: Who would you most like to kill? Wilde and friends -- including Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, and poet Robert Sherard (the novel's narrator) -- write the names of their "victims" on pieces of paper and choose them one by one. After leaving the party, Wilde scoffs at the suggestion that he may have instigated a very dangerous game indeed....

The very next day, the game takes an all-too- sinister turn when the first "victim" turns up dead. Soon Wilde and his band of amateur detectives must travel through the realms of politics, theatre, and even boxing to unearth whose misguided passions have the potential to become deadly poisons...not only for the perpetrator of the seemingly perfect crimes but also for the trio of detectives investigating them.

Richly atmospheric and as entertaining as Wilde himself, this book is the second in a series destined to delight mystery readers and fans of historical fiction alike.

Author: Gyles Brandreth
ISBN-10: 1416534849
ISBN-13: 9781416534846
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2008
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/07/2008 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2008 pg. 722
Booklist 08/01/2008 pg. 46
Lambda Book Report 12/01/2008 pg. 31