The only other material of Duncan's I'd read was the Seventh Sword saga - and I utterly enjoyed them. This lacked something for me - I've never been a huge fan of whodoneits in general, but hoped that the author's style would pull the thing through.

whilst an enjoyable enough read, there was nevertheless a feeling of something missing and I'm probably going to put the continuing parts of the series deep in my haystack, which I may or may not get through one day.: