Beacon City Confidential

I find it challenging to describe Beacon City Confidential – just as I did Switzer's Sayville Tales. But this isn't a bad thing – on the contrary. Reading this book is like finding an old chest behind a rocking chair in your grandparents' attic, opening it only to find it full to the brim with the most wonderful trinkets, objet d'art, ancient medals, and other curios, each one with its own fascinating story that is somehow connected to all the others. Rich with delicious characters like Provost Blank and Mr and Mrs Laderman, Beacon City Confidential is a funny, stimulating and skilfully written novel by a writer who is quickly becoming one of my favourites.