I enjoyed this book. It was easy reading during lunch time at work. I don't often read mystery series books but when I saw that Oscar Wilde was the main character, I was intrigued. This kept my attention and this series is making me want to learn more about Wilde and his works. I intend to read the others at some point. "Life is too important to be taken seriously!" ( )

I liked this book. It takes place in 1892. It is narrated by Robert Sherard who was a friend of Wilde's and who apparently wrote a biography of Wilde. Some of Wilde's friends includes Arthur Conan Doyle and Bram Stoker. Another character, Charles Brookfield is not really a friend of Wilde - more of a competitor. He was the first actor to play Sherlock Holmes on stage. This is the second book in the series. Wilde has a party and wants to play a game of murder in which is friends all write down the name of someone they would like to murder. The names are drawn out one by one and the group to figure out who wrote down the name. The problem starts when the first few on the list die and Wilde starts investigating.

Kinda convoluted. But not uh... intricate or hard to follow. It's just that there are a lot of different "murders" going on and none of them are very interesting. ( )

Another in the series of Oscar Wilde as a detective. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is again in it and also Bram Stoker, Walter Sickert and the Marquess of Queensbury.

During a dinner of the Socrates Club, Wilde proposes a game of Murder with the question of "Who would you kill?" Each attendee writes their choice on a slip of paper which are then drawn randomly and read. All is done in fun and games until the names on that list start turning up dead in the sequence they appear on the list. Who is the murderer? Are the deaths related or are they chance events?

Wilde and the amateur detectives find themselves searching in the realms of politics, theatre and hidden secrets while trying to solve the murders before the next one happens. Relationships and personal histories are revealed in their search for the solutions.

Once again I enjoyed the feeling of being in Victorian London. A not so proper period. The descriptions of the characters and their actions; the scenes of the events all contribute to the enjoyment. There is action and also puzzlement as the pieces of the puzzle start to fit in an order that will give the whole picture. ( )

Oscar Wilde nei panni di Sherlock Holmes è davvero simpatico: in questo secondo lavoro, per fortuna l'autore ci risparmia l'apologia di Oscar accusato-inquisito-condannato ingiustamente.
La rassegna di personaggi dell'epoca lo rende ancora più simpatico, tra Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker e amici vari. ( )