A review by lucyb
The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham

4.0

I'm not sure I can better praise this book than to say it's not over-hyped. It has, indeed, a kind of mysterious perfection to it, and its prose and philosophy alike have breathtaking moments. The book's atmosphere is unrelentingly sinister. Fog and the aftermath of war brood over London. The whole is taut and chilling, disturbingly vivid and vividly disturbing.