Fountain Inn

Victor Cannibal writes male and female characters with equal facility and his books are always a joy to read. This novel is ostensibly about the various businesses contained within a secluded cloister off Chancery Lane immediately before World War 2 spoiled everything. Grace Kirkstall, a rather mousy......more

An entertaining light mystery involving a missing person and a possibly forged will. Ben and Helen, the couple who investigate the mystery, are agreeable characters, as is their assistant Grace and her earnest boyfriend George. It reminds me somewhat of the Tommy and Tuppence books by Agatha Christi......more

A well crafted mystery with several interesting characters. The main characters Ben and Helen Brown are updates on the Tommy and Tuppence theme of married adventurer/detectives - and that's not a bad thing. For me though, two of the secondary characters(Grace and George) make the tale succeed. As I'......more

Slow to build up the tension, this book however does not disappoint. The tension mounts and mounts, until the very tense ending. The descriptions are beautifully written. And the makeover scene is great! Loved that part.......more

A very entertaining escapade ... I wish they would print the House of the Seven Flies or Dragon tree..so that I could keep them on my Bookshelf and read them once more.......more