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010 _a2008006905
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050 0 0 _aPR6052.R2645
_bO74 2008
082 0 0 _aMYS BRA
100 1 _aBrandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948-
240 1 0 _aOscar Wilde and the ring of death
245 1 0 _aOscar Wilde and a game called murder
_c/ Gyles Brandreth.
250 _a1st Touchstone trade pbk. ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Simon & Schuster
_c, 2008.
300 _a402 p.
_b: map
_c; 21 cm.
490 1 _aThe Oscar Wilde mysteries
500 _aOriginally published: Oscar Wilde and the ring of death. London : John Murray, 2008.
520 _aThe second witty installment in an astonishingly authentic historical mystery series featuring detective Oscar Wilde and his partner in crime, Arthur Conan DoyleIt's 1892, and Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his playLady 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.
600 1 0 _aWilde, Oscar
_d(, 1854-1900)
_v--Ficcion
600 1 0 _aDoyle, Arthur Conan
_c, Sir
_d(1859-1930)
_v--Fiction
600 1 0 _aStoker, Bram
_d(1847-1912)
_v--Fiction
650 _aMurder investigation
_v--Fiction
655 7 _aMystery fiction
942 _cMO
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