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'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'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 The fourth of Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed series of Victorian murder mysteries, OSCAR WILDE & THE NEST OF VIPERS opens in 1890 at a glamorous reception attended by the Prince of Wales. Oscar though is far more interested in Rex LaSalle, a young actor, who claims to be a vampire. However, what begins as a diverting evening ends in tragedy. The Duchess of Abermarle is found murdered, two tiny puncture marks in her throat. Desperate to avoid another scandal, the Prince of Wales asks Oscar to investigate. What he discovers threatens to destroy the very heart of the Royal Family. In OSCAR WILDE AND THE NEST OF VIPERS, the fourth in Gyles Brandreth's acclaimed Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries series featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle, the Prince of Wales asks Oscar to investigate a scandalous crime at the very heart of Victorian high society. 'Intelligent, amusing and entertaining' Alexander McCall Smith Zusammenfassung A wonderfully witty and gripping cosy historical mystery that will send tingles up your spine. Perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Richard Osman....
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I don't know how he does it [*I do, actually: great talent and damned hard work*] but Gyles Brandreth's Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries get better and better . . . positively dazzling. Oscar is on sunny form, but the clouds are gathering. Like its central character, The Nest of Vipers is both witty and profound. It's also devilishly clever The District Messenger - Newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society
