The villainous Geryon Winter has returned to Rotherweird with a megalomaniacal plan, but what is it? As in the previous two instalments, the plot has a lot of moving parts, and leaves you guessing until the end. This time around, I was reminded of the mediaeval whodunnit The Name of the Rose. Characters from earlier books are shown to have stranger histories than we thought. Some meet juicily sticky ends. The trilogy is concluded in a triumphant fashion, and I cannot wait for it to become a miniseries. It deserves to be brought to life.

Classic 2nd book in trilogy problems, it meanders quite a lot and I never really felt engaged with the characters because of this, it is a decent enough book but it wouldn’t make long for a 3rd in this series