A review by kiwikathleen
Full Dark House by Christopher Fowler

4.0

What a thoroughly enjoyable detective novel, set both in the present day and in the past (during the Second World War). We move regularly from one setting to the other, with no chapter headings nor even a date, but each time it's quickly obvious where (when) we are with the 'clues' giving me nice little pleasures each time. For example:

A taxi splashed past with a dirt-smudged child sitting on the running board.
Outside, on the steps of Kentish Town police station, a gang of teenagers were screaming at each other.
Developers had reinvented the future so ruthlessly that the London of his youth had disappeared.

The key characters are interesting, and the scene of a London theatre is fun, with the murders nicely theatrical. I'm eager to read more in this series.