A much better book than Making Money, although still not as satisfying as his older stories. It started out as a whodunit, and then became something of a chase story. It had some magnificent moments and big payoffs, but there were other awkward contrivances: Brick in the mine seemed superfluous and bizarre, Angua and (underdeveloped) Sally always got to the right place at the right time, and by the time you got to the end, there was no real tension, but a predictable discovery and pieces slotting into place.
A good read nonetheless, with characters I’ve grown up reading about.
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