![]() ![]() ![]() In the wrong hands we’d be encouraged to see him as a figure of fun. And on the subject of words, I’m very fond of Detective Superintendent Porson and his constant mangling of phrases. But he and Slider, who’s one of life’s pragmatists, work well in tandem. The police team do genuinely seem to like each other, even if they do moan about DS Atherton, Slider’s bagman, shagging around (yep, I know how they feel).Ītherton ranks high up on the smart-arse scale with his word play and constant witty ripostes. It’s only fair to point out that you know exactly what you’re going to get with a book in the Slider series: some of the best and funniest dialogue around and a slice of life in west London where class differences still hang around like the crusts of yesterday’s bacon sandwich. So let’s strew flowers at Cynthia Harrod-Eagles’ shapely feet for keeping DCI Bill Slider and his team steaming on serenely. Quite often when I see that a book is 23rd in a series, I start looking around for sharks being jumped and characters looking as tired as the cheese sarnies on a train. ![]()
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