I wish I could have liked this book more.......but the riddle of the five matchboxes was solved quite early on in the book. And it was a bit of an anti-climax if I am to be honest.

I liked the book, but I didn't love it.

I liked the era it was set in, when people had to rely on detecting abilities rather than forensic evidence. There were no computers, no mobile phones, no criminal data bases........detectives had to rely on their hunches and deductive processes. No doubt there was, at times, great miscarriages of justice!

The Five Matchboxes was interesting, but not absorbing.

Thank you to Goodreads and Endeavour Press for a digital ARC of The Five Matchboxes by John Russell. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.