Fabulous. Gripping mystery with delightful turns, beautiful and enriching setting, and well drawn characters. I suppose someone who likes to solve mysteries on their own would have guessed whodunit, but I'm just here for the ride. I'll be seeking out others in the series.

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A confusing but fun little romp with Wilde and Conan Doyle. A bit long on the Wildean quips, a bit short on plot.

I don't think I've read anything from this series before, but this book feels very familiar. At any rate, it was an amusing diversion and I truly enjoyed Brandreth's recreation of Wilde's voice. I'm not going to hunt down the others, but if I come across them, I'd definitely pick them up.

I was seduced by positive reviews and overcome my suspicion to chance a read of this. Sadly, and perhaps predictably, I was not rewarded. The novelty wore off very early in the book and trudged my way to the uninteresting conclusion. Sorry Oscar should have known better. Will make it up to you but need some time to rid myself of this.

Easy to read and very entertaining book. The characters seem real and at no moment did I question the reality of the story.
Very well done.

Quick read. Ring of Death had more Oscar Wilde-esque flair to it. And as much as I love hearing about his daffodil coloured shirts, I felt like the mystery itself was missing something. There were an awful lot of extra small mysteries that didn't need to be there, and didn't really add to the telling.
But still enjoyable.

I feel like there were too many characters for them all to be developed properly, so the ending seemed to come from nowhere. I did like that it was from Conan Doyle's perspective, to give it a different feel than the other books.

I've skipped out of order slightly to read this one - but as I get these from the library I'm not being picky. I don't think I've ruined the book in between this one and the last that I read either!

I enjoyed this book - a little bit like a Victorian Da Vinci code - with a little more sanity (!). The references to Oscar Wilde's later works were still a bit clunky - and this one had some to Conan Doyle's works too - but they didn't detract from the book really. I continue to enjoy the series and will look out for the rest of the books in the series.

This is a very silly book but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy it completely