Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder, Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder, Gyles Brandreth
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Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

Author: Gyles Brandreth

Narrator: Bill Wallis

Unabridged: 11 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2012

Synopsis

I see murder in this unhappy hand... When Mrs. Robinson, palmist to the Prince of Wales, reads Oscar Wilde's hand, she cannot know what she has predicted. Nor can Oscar know what he has set in motion when, that same evening, he proposes a game of "murder" in which each of his Sunday Supper Club guests must write down those whom they would like to kill. The fourteen "victims" begin to die mysteriously, one by one, and in the order in which their names were drawn from the bag. With growing horror Wilde and his confidants, Robert Sherard and Arthur Conan Doyle, realize that one of their guests that evening must be the murderer. In a race against time, Wilde will need all his powers of deduction and knowledge of human behavior before he himself—the thirteenth name on the list—becomes the killer's next victim.

About Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth is a prominent BBC broadcaster, theater producer, novelist, and biographer. He has written bestselling biographies of Britain’s royal family and an acclaimed diary of his years as a Member of Parliament. He lives in London with his family.

About Bill Wallis

Bill Wallis has performed in over two hundred radio series and plays, while among his numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company are The Alchemist, The Master Builder, and Twelfth Night. He is also a prolific film and television actor, having made numerous appearances in such productions as Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Midsomer Murders, Bad Girls, Doctors, Poirot, and as Dr. Nick MacKenzie in Dangerfield.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tessa on September 19, 2023

O nebunie de carte! Cine nu si-ar dori vreodata ca mai multi dintre autorii sai preferati sa stea la aceeasi masa, sa joace un joc incitant al mortii, ca apoi crimele sa curga si ei sa fie la conducerea anchetei? In mod cert acest roman reprezinta fantezia secreta, vinovata a tuturor iubitorilor de......more

Goodreads review by Inese on July 28, 2022

Gribējās izlasīt kādu "intelektuālo" detektīvu, bet šis bija tāds ļoti so so. Pretenziju daudz, satura maz.......more

Goodreads review by Gina on January 29, 2011

Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death is so amazingly good, I could not put it down, hence finishing it over 4 days. I do not know much about Oscar Wilde's life apart from the obvious facts, but this story has given me such an insight into his character and his world. I love the way Oscar is portrayed a......more

Goodreads review by Erastes on June 09, 2010

I had been looking forward to this book ever since I had finished the first one, Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders. At the risk of sound like Oscar, sadly, the journey is so often much more fun than the terminus. Where the first book captured me with with its sparkle this one bored me rather th......more

Goodreads review by A.E. on June 14, 2012

If you've ever entertained the desire to hobnob with Oscar Wilde, this book is for you. Though I found the mystery engaging and at times intense, the book revolves around the fop playwright and his friends having luncheon, drinking, and smoking. And what friends they are! The straight-laced Arthur C......more

Quotes

“One of the most enjoyable crime series around.” Edinburgh Scotsman

“[An] intricate whodunit.” Publishers Weekly

“Intelligent…Delightful…Bill Wallis’s narration [is] spirited and authentic to the time and place.” AudioFile

“A delicious bagatelle, frothier and more imaginative than its predecessor.” Kirkus Reviews

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