I read the first four or five of these novels a few years ago. I found them very entertaining. This one seemed weaker. The jokes didn’t quite hit the mark a lot of the time. Even the poissonally in poisson joke starts wearing a bit thin! Also, the plot was a bit of a mess and not very satisfying.

Still an enjoyable enough read though. I’ll try another of his later ones to see if this was part of a trend or just a one off.