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Where it fits

After Amongst Our Weapons in story order. Compare the complete reading order → · Explore the books and audiobooks →

Spoiler-light outline

The ninth collection returns to a contemporary investigation in the comic strand. Its place after Amongst Our Weapons in the site's story order gives readers a route into it without spelling out any major development from the novels. Peter's casework remains the entry point, while the title withholds more than it explains. This page leaves the specific conflict and resolution to the book.

Why it’s worth reading

By this point the comic sequence has earned an everyday rhythm of its own. A returning reader brings knowledge of the Folly, the Met and the river-connected city, so a new case need not reintroduce every rule. The pleasure is in seeing how that familiar working environment responds when something unfamiliar appears. The artwork credited to José María Beroy gives the later collections a visual identity distinct from the earliest volumes. Read the composition as well as the dialogue: who occupies the frame, what part of a location is emphasised, and how a pause affects the sense of suspicion. Those choices are part of detective storytelling, not decoration around it. I rank this as a useful continuation for someone following the whole shelf rather than a standalone recruitment pitch. Its value accumulates with the wider cast and the experience of previous cases. The ISBN belongs to the collected paperback, which brings the four original issues together as one volume.

Characters linked in this guide

Selected characters named in the publisher’s premise; this is not a complete cast list.

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