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I read Truss’s first Constable Twitten mystery, but it wasn’t until I read this one that I realized she appears to be writing an homage to Colin Watson’s Flaxborough detective novels published from the late 50s to the early 80s. Both series feature an Inspector who is a decent man but who has at least a couple of dozen IQ points fewer than his underlings, and a conwoman hiding in plain sight of the police force. The Man That Got Away even has a bit of background plot about a matchmaking con, whi...
If screwball comedy were in a book instead of film or stage, this series wins— hands down! No details cause it’s all spoilers! A really fun romp— do you say mirror or looking glass, eh? 😂🤣
This was such a fun read. Love the 1950's setting. The English setting is the topper.
I'm really enjoying this series. All the characters are charming in their own ways. The purposeful confusion of the plot is still a little frustrating at times, but not as much as it was in the last one, and still ultimately a ton of fun.
The second book in this light hearted crime series set in Brighton, England in the late 1950's. The enthusiastic Constable Twitten returns to irritate the lazy Inspector Steine with his determination to actually solve crimes.These books are very, very English and I think you may need to be above a certain age and born in the UK to really appreciate all of the references and witticisms. However there is still lots of fun to be had by any reader as Twitten continues to try and convince everyone th...
Another 5 star trip with Constable Twitten and the insufferable Inspector Stein. I am just loving this fun series. I got number 3 as an arc a little while ago, and I've just been granted number 4 as an arc also, but I wanted to read the missing ones first! This is number 2 in this fantastic series and it is as good as the others I've read.Full of British seaside humour, innuendo and quips at our own police force, Truss writes with such a clever way with language. The subtle mockery of language a...
Like millions of others, I adore Lynne Truss’ grammar guide Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. I even loved Truss’ offbeat horror novel, Cat Out of Hell, featuring a literal cat from hell and his dimwitted owner. But The Man That Got Away, the second in a mystery series was just a bridge too far.I did not read the debut in this series, A Shot in the Dark; however, I don’t think that would have made a difference. Stop reading now if you plan to read the series from...
