An aspiring writer has to solve a series of clues to different locations in London to stay alive after he becomes involved with a group of upper-class
neo-fascists. Displaying his usual erudition and love of the unusual, Fowler
has told a fast-moving tale which is anything but pleasant as there are a number of murders in the run-up to the denouement which has an almost
unbelievable twist. Bryant of the Bryant and May books has a brief appearance as do others appearing in those stories though they all peropheral to the main story. Well-written but the overall effect was not at all
pleasant