I'm not entirely sure what the author intended this book to be. I found it this book to be an enjoyable read, but there were a few things that bothered me about it. On the whole easy and enjoyable book and this was an excellent debut novel ( ) Couple of threads that were started but which didnt tie up (e.g Day's wife looks like she's going to get involved more, but that peters out.do have to admit this book only goes over three days so if it had gone longer there might have worked out different). Once I settled down to read, it was paced well. "gaining closure" over a death) which I'm not entirely sure was in use in late 19th Century London. There is no DNA, blood analysis, mobile phones and no cars in the car pool. Fingerprints are only just being "discovered". The book deals with a police service starting out in a world that doesnt trust them, there is no concept of profiling or Serial Killers.
Set in Victorian London still recovering from Jack the Ripper, where children are still being sent up chimneys by the chimneysweeps, the Metropolitan police are trying to get public confidence, and someone is killing Policemen.
There is the odd typographical error (mainly around pages 365/366) but as this is an ARC, then it's a small and almost expected event. Advanced Reading copy recieved as part of the Penguin Proof Reading group.
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