Cover of The Game Is Afoot
Victorian Mysteries

The Game Is Afoot

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  • 1994 first published
  • 512 pages
  • 4 editions
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Published in 1994, The Game Is Afoot is a Victorian mystery novel by Marvin Kaye. Much of the action takes place in Uffa. It features Sherlock Holmes, John H. Watson and Captain Wilkie. Key subjects include private investigators, parodies and sherlock Holmes.

10 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 4 editions.

It runs to roughly 512 pages — 9–10 hours of reading at an average pace.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Uffa

Characters

Subjects

  • Detective and mystery fiction
  • Mystery fiction
  • Mystery and detective fiction
  • Private investigators
  • English Detective and mystery stories
  • American Detective and mystery stories
  • Holmes, sherlock
  • Detective and mystery stories
  • Parodies
  • Sherlock Holmes

Quick answers

Who wrote The Game Is Afoot?

The Game Is Afoot was written by Marvin Kaye and first published in 1994.

What genre is The Game Is Afoot?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Mysteries.

How long is The Game Is Afoot?

The median edition has 512 pages, about 9–10 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Game Is Afoot?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Italian secretary, The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures and Murder, My Dear Watson.

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