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Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

Oscar Wilde Mysteries, Book 2

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Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder

By: Gyles Brandreth
Narrated by: Bill Wallis
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"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. For 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.

©2008 Gyles Brandreth. All rights reserved. (P)2012 AudioGo Crime Fiction Historical Fiction Murder Mystery Traditional Detectives Detective Scary

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Fabulous So entertaining and kept me guessing until the end. Please do the other stories in the series on Audible!!!

Excellent story

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I enjoyed the knowledgable mix of history and fiction, believable dialogue from real people we know, and sometimes love - like Oscar, Constance, Arthur Conan Doyle, and sometimes mistrust, like Bosie, Walter Sickert, and sometimes "foresee" the future, like Willie Hornung, later brother-in-law of Doyle, and creator of Raffles, "gentleman thief and cricketer" - a shadow-side Holmes.
BUT, I'd never have bought this book to read, not when there's so much free stuff for Kindle of enduring quality, and also I'd've had trouble effacing the distinctive personality and posh accent of Gyles Brandreth from my mind's eye. Bill Wallis had such a genius for voices, so that Oscar and Bram Stoker are convincingly well-educated Irish, Doyle a respectable Edinburgh medic, the English of varied backgrounds, and Anglo-Scottish aristocrats, like Bosie and poor Drumlanrig, distinctive.
I like to go to sleep listening to Audible, so mostly I don't want anything too shocking or violent, nor too boring. This fits the bill very nicely.

Vocal tour de force by Bill Wallis

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Where does Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This kept me gripped and listening, unlike others in the past.

What other book might you compare Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder to, and why?

Ive read other Giles Brandreth Oscar Wilde books and they have all been great.

What does Bill Wallis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Accents! When I read I hear Giles read, not the different voices.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh a little yes, but no its not an emotional book, maybe that's why I like them.

Any additional comments?

Keep them coming

Gripping yet easy listening

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Where does Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Among the top ten of its kind (detective stories).

What did you like best about this story?

The interweave of imaginary and real personae; the accuracy of the historical data underscoring the real characters, including Wilde himself.

What does Bill Wallis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Her brings warmth and depth to the overall texture of the story while bringing the various characters credibily to life, also by varying their local accents.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

YES!!

Any additional comments?

A gripping, intelligent detective story. It never flags and always surprises.

Brandreth as enthralling as ever!

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Sadly I didn’t get on with the reader. I listen to audio books in my car a lot, and this is almost impossible to listen to. The reader continually drops the volume of his voice and mumbles. I kept finding myself trying to turn up the already high volume to hear what he was saying. Sadly I gave up after four hours, not being able to listen to another seven hours of under the breath mumbling.

Could be good but…

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Excellent book. Lots of twists and turns. Wish Audible would add the other Oscar Wilde mysteries as well.

Gripping

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sometimes the no time is given to absorb the story making it necessary to re- listen

the narrative and change of mood, accent, and tone appropriately

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Enjoyed the story and the friendship group of characters from history tracking down a murderer. Usually don’t enjoy ‘performances’ but this time the narration enhanced the story by bringing characters to life.

Oscar Wilde turned Poirot

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The premise is clever, but it's a rambling book which tries too hard to be clever. Could have been a couple of hours shorter and far more tightly written. Won't bother with any more in the series.

Overly long, thinly plotted, rather boring

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Ordered The Ring of Death but got A game called murder. I did not enjoy this book I'm afraid it was to busy giving facts about the characters and the story line/plot was it a secondary factor. I have up after 5 chapters and was very disappointed as I really thought I would enjoy it.

Wrong book received

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