A fun adventure
4 stars
Devil In Amber is a 39 Steps type adventure loosely set across 1930s Europe. Our hero, Lucifer Box, is a little older but no less dashing. I still love the whole trilogy of which this is the second volume, but they do gently fade from the first one onwards. I think the original steampunk era Vesuvius Club perfectly suited Gatiss' writing and this pre-war horror-thriller just doesn't have quite the same panache. Perhaps it's the lack of sexuality, perhaps the characters aren't as strong. I can't quite determine the problem. Devil In Amber is still a fun read though and I'm looking forward to my re-read of the third volume, Black Butterfly too.