Excellent story

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

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Vocal tour de force by Bill Wallis

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.

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Gripping yet easy listening

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

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3 people found this helpful

Gripping

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

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2 people found this helpful

Brandreth as enthralling as ever!

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.

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Could be good but…

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.

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