So, this was a bit of a quicker read than the Falcon’s Malteser and it seemed like it flowed better as well. That might be because there’s not as much of a “set up” to complete with this one because your already in the world and know the characters and their lives and backstories, but you were definitely able to just get on with the story in a way that you couldn’t with the first one.

I enjoyed my second dip into Horowitz’s work and revisiting the Diamond brothers books, especially as I enjoyed them so much when I was a kid so it’s nice to go back and see what you enjoyed and whether they can still stand up in todays world.

I would say that this one did stand up and I’m excited to see where Horowitz goes with the rest of the books in this series because from memory I didn’t actually finish them, so I will be reading them for the first time as an adult.