This is yet another hugely enjoyable Bryant & May novel. It has all the ingredients we know and love: a seemingly impenetrable mystery, superbly drawn characters, real humour and a wonderful delve into the intricacies of London’s diverse history. Oh, and the Home Office trying to close down the Unit, of course.
The Victoria Vanishes is largely about pubs. The plot is an intriguing one involving a number of murders in pubs, and Arthur actually seeing one of the victims entering a pub...which ceased to exist over half a century ago. It is, as always, engagingly eccentric, excellently written and actually very thought-provoking about both the nature of pubs and about their history, including the history of some of their more eccentric names.
I found it a pleasure from start to finish. It’s one of the best of the series so far, which is saying a lot. Warmly recommended.
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