This final instalment in the Inspector Hanuad series pales in comparison to the earlier books.

Hanuad and his friend Mr Ricardo are entertaining characters, but the rest of the cast and the lacklustre plot are another matter.

The humour, mainly that of Hanuad mixing up his English idioms, and Ricardo’s sense of self-importance, is why I’ve rated this two stars instead of one.

If I’d not enjoyed the previous works in the series I would’ve stopped reading early on. ( )