A review by kjcharles
Blotto, Twinks and Riddle of the Sphinx by Simon Brett

A farcical comic mystery written in a cod Wodehouse style. Brilliant idea. Whether you find it funny in practice comes down to taste. Some very good lines, as you'd expect from this author, but the mystery was telegraphed to the point of it not really being a mystery, and the running joke about baksheesh, which is the only interaction with anyone Egyptian in a book set in Egypt, leaves a nasty taste. Perhaps this is part of the overall joke about the MCs' attitudes, like the depiction of the working classes as smelly, but the problem with writing racist things for fun is, they're still racist. Not a success for me.