"""Something quite out of the ordinary."" Daily Telegraph ""Joyce Porter is a joy... Dover is unquestionably the most entertaining detective in fiction."" Guardian ""Plotted with the technique of a virtuoso."" New York Times ""Wonderfully funny."" Spectator ""Dover is wildly, joyously unbelievable; and may he remain so for our comic delight."" Sun ""You will be fascinated by his sheer dazzling incompetence. Porter has a keen eye, a wicked sense of comedy, and a delightfully low mind."" Harper's"