Is anyone familiar with Christopher Fowler's mysteries?

[fadedrose]

Am reading, Full Dark House,, and I am having the hardest time not in trying to solve the mystery, just having trouble understanding what Fowler is talking about. Am on page 28 or so and thought I was used to reading British novels (George, Penney & some others) but this guy's deep English is really a challenge. I don't know if I can finish it or not. Reviews say it's about two detectives in the Peculiar Crimes Unit in London, and is humorous.

Anybody ever read any Fowler? Does it get easier?

[TheCentepedeShoes]

1. I have not

but thank you for the recommendation, I may try it out

[proudlib8134]

2. same here

[fadedrose]

3. I hope you do

Reading comprehension has helped me figure out what's going on. Maybe pages got out of order in publishing :shrug: but think I really like this somewhat goofy book.

Author's picture: He's looking at me coldly saying, "Madam,............" (he looks like a real wiseguy)

Then fill in with insults about my intelligence.

The book is full of sentences like this that I especially like:

'This is a tragedy for all of us, Ben,' said Helena Parole, whose earnest attempts to emphathize with others were undermined by the fact that she didn't care about anyone else.'

(That so reminds me of James Doss talking about Daisy).

If the book stays uniformly complicated (a "gasper" is a cigarette) and borderline humourous, it's the kind that I'd like to keep. Rereading some of the beginning has been enlightening and shows how witty the author is.

Seriously: Am shocked that so many people were killed by the bomb raids in England during WWII. At one point the author mentions 13,000. and it's only 1940. This is a current time book; one main character, John May, is remembering the first case that he Arthur Bryant worked together. They're both 80+.