Last tango in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce

October 13, 2007 – 6:01 pm

Having finished the first book in the series, Aberystwwyth Mon Amour,
in a single sitting, I was practically salivating to start the second book.
Luckily for me we had been given all three books in the series at the
same time, so I was able to indulge post haste. Having enjoyed the first
book so much, I was hoping the second would live up to its predecessor.

I was not disappointed. This time, Louie Knight is called upon to
investigate the uncharacteristic disappearance of Dean Morgan, a
lecturer at the faculty of Undertaking. Dean Morgan appears to have gotten mixed up
with ventriloquist and to have fallen into the notorious bed and breakfast
ghetto, only to disappear again. Knight trawls the Druid speakeasies and
shady toffee apple dens, uncovering a puzzling link to a Meals on
Wheels scandal, the local “What the Butler saw” movie industry, and chocolate
box models who pose with spinning wheels. It all makes for yet another
intelligently witty story that will appeal to fans of crime fiction, old
movies, and film noir as much as it will to lovers of Monty python,
Surreally funny, you simply will not be able to look at a Meals on
Wheels van or volunteer the same way ever again, and toffee apples will cause
a wry giggle forever after.

Having finished this in one sitting as well, I am unhappily awaiting the
other half to bring back the third book he took with him to work. I
NEED to read it too! As for you, if you have not read any of these, get thee to
a bookstore!

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