As usual, Fowler has written another brilliant mystery featuring May and Bryant, those two geriatric detectives who should have retired years ago and thankfully did not. One of the things I love about Fowler's mysteries is that he always explores some aspect of London history that I knew absolutely nothing about. I did know a little about the Punch and Judy puppetry and shows, but not to any great depth so it was delightful to expand my horizons with this. And Bryant does it again--I mean--how can you not love someone who absolutely demolishes modern electronics and picks up odd, old radio programs on his hearing aide?It's almost hard to do a review because I just love the characters so much (with the possible exception of Meera who needs to just get over her anger already)and this book is no exception. If anything, I think I like Bryant even more by the end of this book. For some reason, he seemed more understandable despite his elliptical thought patterns and I really bonded with him. I wish Fowler would write faster because now I want another story to read. Maybe I'll have to read some of the older ones again. :)I'm not doing justice to the series, but if you love wry humor, oddball historical facts, and weird characters, then you really need to take a look at these Bryant and May mysteries because they are absolutely brilliant.