About
Book Reviews
- Our print magazine for members The Historical Novels Review has published reviews of 20,000+ books. Become a member to get exclusive early access to our latest reviews too!
  Browse our magazines
  
  Submit your novel for review
Articles
- Our features are original articles from our print magazines (these will say where they were originally published) or original articles commissioned for this site. If you would like to contribute an article for the magazine and/or site, please contact us.
What's On
- Our worldwide membership loves to meet up. Many travel thousands of miles to do so. Discover more about our conferences, local chapters and more.
Member Directory
- Our online member directory allows visitors to view members’ profiles, their latest website/blog posts and links to their Facebook, Twitter and Goodreads accounts. It is also where our staff first look for news and features for the site.
Awards
- HNS Awards have helped discover and launch the author careers of Michel Faber, Ruth Downie, Hilary Green, Martin Sutton, Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott, Nikki Marmery, Margaret Skea, Warwick Cairns, Katherine Mezzacappa and Elizabeth Macneal. Our ARA and Saudi awards are amongst the most generous of all literary prizes.

Gyles Brandreth

Oscar Wilde and the Return of Jack the Ripper: An Oscar Wilde Mystery

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2019

Genres:

London, 1894: Five years after Jack the Ripper terrorized London, Oscar Wilde and his friend Arthur Conan Doyle are enlisted by London’s Chief ...Read Review

Jack the Ripper: Case Closed

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2017

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the seventh in Brandreth’s popular series featuring Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Having met in 1889, these rather different personalities ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2013

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This sixth Oscar Wilde mystery is set largely during Wilde’s infamous period of imprisonment between 1895-1897, after he was sentenced to hard ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2011 Published 2012

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

If the first four novels of Gyles Brandreth’s series of Victorian murder mysteries had never existed to whet our appetites for another ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2011

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Wait! It’s not what you think. The latest installment in Gyles Brandreth’s popular Oscar Wilde series is no trendy monster mash – ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical Fiction Mystery/Crime

Oscar Wilde sails back to Europe after one of his visits to the United States, where this latest mystery begins to unfold with ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2008 Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the second in a series featuring Oscar Wilde as detective. The plot starts as a game at a dinner party where ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde And A Game Called Murder

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2008 Published 2009

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

In this mystery, set in 1892, Oscar Wilde and friends—including Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle—indulge in an after-dinner game. Each picks ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2008

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels showcasing famous historical ...Read Review

Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders

By Gyles Brandreth - Published 2007

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

Oscar Wilde makes his debut as a fictional sleuth in this recent addition to the spate of historical detective novels showcasing famous historical ...Read Review