The delusions of Graham are wonderful! His one-sided view of the world really comes through. His early years with the company and all of the ploys to show up his superiors, he later mocks while watching Bob Benham doing the very same things. His cold aloof manner was even a delusion. He really did care very much about how people thought of him. He pretended to hold everyone in contempt, but relied on them to validate his existence b being properly awed by him. People you really consider beneath you don’t require impressing. I liked the ending too. The one murder he didn’t do was his downfall.

I’m sorry to say that I found myself sympathizing with him sometimes. It would be major suckage to have the job you toadied so hard for, go to someone else. Someone who acts so much like you did that you can’t see it – it’s too close to focus on. His wife was pathetic and tiresome drama queen. The mother-in-law was equally unbearable. If Simon Brett intended the reader to feel this way, he’s done his job.