
Member Reviews

I enjoyed this book and the characters Agnes and Andrew were brilliant and brought a touch of humour and ease to the story, really couldn't put this book down once I started as I wanted to know who dun it.
Twists and turns throughout and I thought it could have been any one of the characters at certain points in the book, as we got towards the end I did have an idea but had to keep reading to see if I was right.
Murder with a touch of humour, fantastic characters and enjoyed the plot

Nap Lombard is the pseudonym of husband and wife writing team, Pamela Hansford Johnson and Gordon Neil Stewart. I must admit that I'd never heard of him, but I recently read and enjoyed 'An Error of Judgement ' by her, so when I heard this was coming out I was keen to get hold of a copy.
Set during the 'phoney war'speriod of WW2, when air-raids were still thought funny. Agnes and Clem find a dead body in an air-raid shelter, so she and her husband Andrew set about trying to solve the mystery. The story is quite preposterous, but I don't read golden age mysteries for their realism, and I found it fun. Agnes and Andrew reminded me of Tommy and Tuppence, and this was more of an adventure than a tightly plotted mystery. The pair wrote one other mystery which I'd like to read as well.
*Many thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for a review copy in exchange for an honest opinion.*