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Edinburgh
in 1864 and Detective Sergeant Faro is feeling rather pleased
about life. He is married with a fine stepson and a baby on
the way, and has an interesting job. Currently this is made
more interesting by the escape of murderer John McLaw, who
was on his way to the gallows. Now, although there are constant
sightings of him, he seems to have effectively vanished. Faro
also has to deal with the housekeeper of his former boss,
who has a tale to tell about the strange deaths of two elderly
sisters and their missing maid. Then everything goes wrong
at home and Faro finds himself having to break the law…
I have read every one of these books and the series never
shows signs of tiring. Ms Knight recently reinvented it by
going back to Faro's early years on the force, a great idea.
She knows how to keep the pages turning with several plot
strands and the entertaining ongoing story of Faro and his
family. There is also the background of Edinburgh in the 1860s
to enjoy, a time when the old was being swept away and much
new building was going on, as well as social reforms. The
medical profession as we know it was in its infancy, and so
were detectives. Some of this author's books have a supernatural
element, but this book does not and it does not need it. As
with the best Sherlock Holmes stories, there is a fine sense
of the bizarre, and of the sort of things that could possibly
happen turning life upside down. This is not a long book,
and there is always something exciting going on, slightly
marred only by a very abrupt ending. If you haven't read any
of the earlier entries, don't start with this one, as part
of the enjoyment is reading about the characters. A series
not to miss for all historical mystery buffs.
Reviews
of other titles in the Inspector Faro series
Murder
in Paradise - Book XV
Akin
to Murder - Book XVIII
Inspector
Faro & Rose McQuinn
The
Darkness Within– Book I
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