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Title: Pure entertainment!
Review: Graham Greene used to divide his novels into two categories, "serious"novels and "entertainments". The Lestrade novels of J M Trow are definitely in the "entertainment" category. This one is first in what is a very welcome reprinting of the Lestrade series. The plot is fantastic (as in 'unbelievable') and wanders all over the country, but that doesn't matter because it is richly comical, full of in-jokes that make you feel good when you recognise them, witty puns (and some vile ones too), and a host of historical characters both real and fictional. It is a joy to read.And later volumes in the series just get better.
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