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The Murders at Reading Gaol: A twisty and gripping historical murder mystery(The Victorian Murder Mystery Series)


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'Fantastic! Read this within a day, couldn't put it down!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Marvellous . . . with a twist at the end you will never see coming. Highly recommended' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best place to solve a murder might be from behind bars . . . 1897: The famous author Oscar Wilde is cruelly imprisoned in Reading Gaol. Unable to write, he fears he will go mad. But when a warden and the prison chaplain are found murdered, Wilde is suddenly thrown into his most difficult case yet. All the inmates were confined to their cells when each murder occurred, ruling out all the prime suspects. But Wilde is sure there is a serial killer operating undetected within the gaol . . . With limited resources and unable to trust anyone around him, he must uncover the truth before he meets the same untimely end . . . A wonderfully witty and gripping cosy historical locked-room murder mystery set within the dark world of Victorian prisons. Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Richard Osman. Readers are gripped by The Murders at Reading Gaol: 'What a wonderful read!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This book is grand fun' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Beautifully written and keeps you hooked all the way through' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I can't praise this book enough!!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Fascinating story, very historical, captivating. Read this very easily and couldn't put it down' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Previously published as Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol.

About the Author :
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and government whip whose career has ranged from hosting Have I Got News For You to starring in his own award-winning musical revue in London's West End. Currently a reporter with The One Show on BBC1 and a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute, his acclaimed Victorian detective stories - The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries - are now being published in nineteen countries around the world and are currently in development for TV. All six books in the series, Oscar Wilde and the Candellight Murders, Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death, Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers, Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders and Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol are available from John Murray. You can find out more about the Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries at www.oscarwildemurdermysteries.com and at www.johnmurray.co.uk and about Gyles at www.gylesbrandreth.net

Review :
Praise for the Oscar Wilde Series 'Gyles Brandreth and Oscar Wilde seem made for each other' Daily Telegraph 'A cast of historical characters to die for' Sunday Times 'Genius ... Wilde has sprung back to life in this thrilling and richly atmospheric new novel' Sunday Express 'A witty fin-de-siecle entertainment ... rattlingly elegant dialogue' Sunday Times 'Very entertaining' Literary Review 'A flight of imagination that partners Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle in a deadly pursuit to the heart of the Eternal City merits a round of applause for sheer chutzpah ... Gyles Brandreth succeeds magnificently ... The relationship between the two writers is drawn so convincingly, but there is also dialogue of the period without any Victorian heaviness and a plot that is intriguing throughout. Brandreth's research is impeccable. Literary and theological references merge easily into a skilfully crafted story that goes all the way to meet the standards set by his two eminent protagonists' Daily Mail 'Brandreth has always delighted in puzzles, in the quirks of both the past and present, and in the gloriously camp wit of Oscar Wilde. Here all of these things come together in a story that reminds us how enjoyable a well-told traditional murder mystery can be' Scotsman 'Brandreth's deftly plotted, entertaining escapades double as historical novels of considerable merit ... Brandreth is a deft hand at weaving plot, historical atmosphere and entertaining characters' Historical Novels Review 'Brandreth's portrait of Oscar Wilde is entirely plausible; plots are ingenious and the historical backgroud is fascinating' Scotsman 'Hugely enjoyable' Daily Mail 'Cleverly plotted, intelligent and thoroughly diverting ... This novel is an educated page-turner; a feast of intriguing and light-hearted entertainment' Good Book Guide 'A carnival of cliff-hangers and fiendish twists-and-turns ... The joy of the book ... is the rounded and compelling presentation of the character of Wilde ... The imaginary and the factual are woven together with devilish ingenuity. Brandreth also gives his hero speeches of great beauty and wisdom and humanity' Sunday Express 'Packed with colourful characters and unlikely adventures ... this latest instalment in Brandreth's clever and unapologetically entertaining Oscar Wilde series will not disappoint' Good Book Guide 'The curse of fictionalising well-known characters is having to manoeuvre within the facts, but Brandreth manages superlatively. This is light stuff, but energetic, and Brandreth clearly has Wilde at heart' Financial Times 'Even the conventional crime novel has its pleasures' Scotsman 'What sets the novel apart is Brandreth's talent for conveying time and place. The barbarism of close confinement has rarely been so graphically and movingly portrayed' Daily Mail


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848545298
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General Division (Digital)
  • Publisher Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • Edition: Digital original
  • Series Title: The Victorian Murder Mystery Series
  • ISBN-10: 1848545290
  • Publisher Date: 25 Oct 2012
  • Binding: Digital download
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: A twisty and gripping historical murder mystery


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