This is one of those humorous books I thought I'd like a bit better than I actually did, still, there is quite a lot to like. The author has a lot of fun with old crime and thriller tropes, combined with more modern sentiments. The background is 1973, when the UK is defined by strikes and shortages. An old aristocratic family is under attack. The Peculiar Crimes Unit, fronted by a rather peculiar duo, must investigate these cases.

Controlled release to Mirthful at BC meetup.

Picked it up at the BC meetup in Oslo. Looks interesting.

Entertaining mystery with a clever solution. The storytelling was not quite as clever as the plot, but I wouldn't mind reading more Bryant and May mysteries. Will bring to a meetup in Mainz, Germany, this evening.

Yup, bringing it to the meetup was a very good idea. :-) It's staying on a bookshelf in Mainz now, until I get around to reading it. I'll make sure it keeps travelling the world, though.

Hmm, maybe I wasn't in the right mood when I tried to read this, but I found the plot clichéd and the female lead pathetic, so gave up on it after a chapter or two. It's a real shame all the books mirthful logged all the way from Norway to Germany seem to leave me unread, but as I said, I'll make sure it keeps travelling. :-)

The book is coming to the next MainzUp with me.

Mmmh. Let's see. Took it home because of the cover (*harharhar*).

Some time later: Nice one! And I would like to read another one from Christopher Fowler.
I found the title a bit misleading. There aren't any clocks in it for a long while. And it's not what you would call a very rational book.

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The book sounds interesting and will stay here.

This detective story was really queer. After 100 pages I still didn't have the slightest idea how all the curious incidents could fit together. But besides I found the writing really tiring. There were funny ideas, but they were few. In the end I wasn't even interested how it turned out.

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