Dark Dawn over Steep House

This charming and bizar series came to my attention via Christopher (Bryant & May) Fowlers blog. If the master of comic historic crime is reading it, I thought, there may be something in it.

So here I am, reading the entire series. It is lighter and more bizar than Fowler's own work, and this particular book had an intricate and highly unbelievable outcome - but that is part of the fun, I guess.

And besides, I am reading it like a series now, wondering when the heck Marge and inspector Pound will finally get married. (No spoilers, but I know the answer by now). Or what absurdities Molly the maid will come up with next. Marge itself is starting to poke fun of her mentor - either way, I am all caught up in this totally fantastiscal 19th century nonsense series.

Any book that makes me chuckle every few pages is a worthy companion, as far as I am concerned.