Just as witty, enjoyable and fun to read as The Vesuvious Club, this second Lucifer Box novel will be well received by fans, however, it seems strange that Mark Gatiss has opted to move the action forward some 25 years, aging his hero and sadly dispensing with characters who were so fondly established in the first book and who looked like being a feature throughout Lucifer Box's Secret Service career. It's a bit like reading the second 'Bertie Wooster' book only to find him middle-aged, the mad and bossy Aunties long dead and Jeeves moved on....!
The dwarfish boss, Joshua Reynolds, is no more and the rollicking sauce-bottle of a side kick, Charlie Jackpot, who swaggered into Lucifer's life so memorably in book one and was all set to be 'Watson' (with benefits!!!) to his 'Holmes', merits just two mentions - the second being an unexpected postscript. Christopher Miracle, Box's best friend, is a pale shadow of his glorious self and although Lucifer himself is still a delightful narrater for the reader, I think Mark should rethink his writing and bring us a book which begins with our hero returning from the trials and tribulations of the Vesuvious club in Naples during the "Naughty 1900's" (surely the most fitting period of history for his wonderful wit and talents) to his home at number 9 Downing Street (someone has to live there) with Charlie at his side and Joshua Reynolds ready with more assignments....
Please, Mr Gatiss?
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Good Fun - But It Does Not "Follow On" From Book 1
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an exciting setting and Mark Gatiss' amazing writing style - everything is right there
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