Book Review: 'Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors' by Christopher Fowler

✰✰✰½ Take a trip back in time to 1969 with Arthur Bryant and John May as they go undercover and leave London for a quiet weekend in the country. Stuck at crumbling Tavistock Hall, the two men stand out like a sore thumb. Nevertheless, they must keep the prosecution's star witness safe from harm until he can testify. Despite the quiet setting, Bryant and May run into unexpected trouble when their charge is nearly killed. With an eccentric cast of characters, secret passageways, and a band of hippies on the premises, the detectives have their work cut out for them.

The Bottom Line: It took a while for me to warm up to this novel; however, it may have been  because this is the first installment of the series that I have read. While the story seemed slow to start, I hung in there and was rewarded with deadpan humor and clever fun to liven up this classic manor house mystery. Recommended for fans who enjoy mysteries with a twist of British humor. If you are new to the series, I recommend starting at the beginning.

Details: Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery by Christopher Fowler. Hardcover published by Bantam Books in 2018. 432 p. ISBN: 978-1-101-88709-7     NOTE: I received a free copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This was made possible via the Early Reviewers program at LibraryThing.