Rating: 5/5
Review:
Another Flaxborough gem
One Man's Meat, the ninth Flaxborough book, is another
enormously enjoyable instalment in a marvellous series.
Here, following a death on a funfair ride which may or may
not have been an accident, an elaborate story of marital disharmony, deception,
double-crossing and skulduggery in the dog-food business unfolds. It's perhaps slightly more of a crime mystery
and less of a comedy than some of Watson's earlier books, but it's still very
amusing and a great read. Many of our
favourite characters are here, doing what they do best – including the
magnificent Miss Lucilla Teatime, who is a simply wondrous creation. Watson's penetrating humour and shrewd,
skewering observations are well in evidence and the book is written in his
lovely, witty, readable prose,
If you've read Watson before, you probably won’t need me to
tell you how good One Man's Meat is. If
you haven't, don't hesitate; this works fine as a stand-alone book but my
advice is to begin at the start of the series with Coffin, Scarcely Used and
savour the whole lot. The series has
been a truly joyful discovery for me and I can recommend this and all the
others very warmly.
(My thanks to Farrago for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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