I enjoyed Ten-Second Staircase very much. Like all of Christopher Fowler’s books it is amusing, gripping, thoughtful and full of fascinating historical details.
This time the scene is set with an impossible murder in an art gallery in which an artist is drowned in her own installation with no apparent means of entry or escape for the murderer. More crimes follow, while the Peculiar Crimes Unit itself is under threat from enemies in the Home Office...in other words, pretty much business as usual for the team. It’s a good, involving story, but as always, the real joy of these books is in Arthur’s arcane and eccentric probings into the dusty corners of London’s history and the strange but wonderful people he consults and associates with.
Pretty much all that need be said here is that this is Christopher Fowler on excellent form. Warmly recommended.
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