Harry Bingham

These have become increasingly implausible, and I'm glad in a way that this appears to be the last one. The criminals of South Wales will not have to think of any more extremely devious and violent crimes, and the police will not have to devote thousands of fruitless officer-hours to trying to solve the crimes, before Fiona makes some incredible (in both senses) leaps of logic and solves them herself in unorthodox ways.

This one was about King Arthur...

I read this in one sitting, but it is even more bonkers than the last couple of instalments in this series. Fiona's belief (which she managed to convince her bosses was correct) that there must inevitably be a link between the death of the woman in the church and the disappearance 8 years ago of a local woman seemed to me to be completely baseless, although of course she was right, and as for that ending...

SPOILERS

This one was a bit of a stretch, even for this series. I skipped over the Fi survives torture bit, but then there was the Fi singlehandedly saves the day by posing as a ship's cook and scuppers a trawler bit. I am finding the overarching case increasingly hard to remember as elements of each book are incorporated.

Still, reliable entertainment.

I think this was my favourite so far. Here Fiona goes undercover as a cleaner and payroll clerk, but (as ever) ends up heroically saving the day. I really don't see the attraction of undercover work.