Johnny Under Ground

Really good. I put a lot of thought into trying to solve the puzzle until about two-thirds of the way through, when I got lost in the suspense. I really enjoy Chief Inspector Tibbett as a character and you never really expect him to go "intrepid" but he always seems to by the end of the book. The characters are interesting and the flashbacks to the days on a WWII Royal Air Force Base feel really realistic. My one complaint is that Emmy Tibbett really has no excuse for being such a bloody idiot; at times she's more like a Victorian heroine to whom things just happen while she sits there passively. But, reading the series in random order, I don't at this point have a good feel for the overall development of the characters, so maybe she show more becomes more sensible in later books. Even so, she's pushing 40 in this one. show less