Lies Sleeping

This review is based on an ARC given to me for free by the publisher via Netgalley. This does not in any way affect my review. This book is slated for release on November 20, 2018.

In terms of themes, this novel covers more or less the same ground that previous novels have. While no book should ever be expected to overtly tackle any of the important socio-economic-cultural-political concerns that are at the heart of many of today???s issues, I certainly think books should at least attempt to address them in some small way. Lies Sleeping does just that, usually through Peter???s jokes and commentary, though Guleed puts in her own opinions quite frequently (which I like very much, given her background). This is a very good thing in my opinion, since the most important part of this novel is the plot, and anything more than what was done in this novel would simply get in the way of the overall plot.

And speaking of plot, that is perhaps the most important part of this novel. Since Moon Over Soho the Faceless Man has been a malevolent presence who acts through various agents, attempting to further some mysterious plan that Peter needs to stop... . Again I will not give specific details to avoid spoilers, but suffice to say that the Faceless Man???s goals are both entirely unexpected and also rather predictable given his background... As for Mr. Punch, his role in this novel is a bit hard to describe without spoiling it, but suffice to say that it is important and unexpected. ...