I thoroughly enjoyed Corpus, the first book in the Tom Wilde series set in 1930s Cambridge, and have been waiting for about a year to read this next book. Did it live up to my expectations? Yes and no!
It was great to be back in Cambridge with Tom Wilde, but I must admit that I was rather disappointed that Lydia, his lady friend, and partner in crime, wasn’t involved in his adventures at home. She was featured in the book, just not in a way I was expecting.
Once again there was so much I didn’t know about this particular time in British history. I didn’t realise that the IRA were active on British soil in 1930s, this was a huge surprise to me, as well as being an intriguing storyline.
The main plot was very interesting, as I really didn’t know that their was such a huge race to build an atomic bomb before World War Two, plus I’d only recently heard about the Cavendish Lab. The characters involved in this part of the storyline were perfect, with me not knowing who was bad and what was going to happen next.
As in Corpus, Tom Wilde gets himself into all sorts of tight situations, never knowing if he’s going to get out alive or not, and never too sure who he can trust.
Over all it was a very enjoyable return to Cambridge with my new favourite hero, and I’m already looking forward to the next book in the series.
It was great to be back in Cambridge with Tom Wilde, but I must admit that I was rather disappointed that Lydia, his lady friend, and partner in crime, wasn’t involved in his adventures at home. She was featured in the book, just not in a way I was expecting.
Once again there was so much I didn’t know about this particular time in British history. I didn’t realise that the IRA were active on British soil in 1930s, this was a huge surprise to me, as well as being an intriguing storyline.
The main plot was very interesting, as I really didn’t know that their was such a huge race to build an atomic bomb before World War Two, plus I’d only recently heard about the Cavendish Lab. The characters involved in this part of the storyline were perfect, with me not knowing who was bad and what was going to happen next.
As in Corpus, Tom Wilde gets himself into all sorts of tight situations, never knowing if he’s going to get out alive or not, and never too sure who he can trust.
Over all it was a very enjoyable return to Cambridge with my new favourite hero, and I’m already looking forward to the next book in the series.