Well, it looks as though we have truly said goodbye to India in this engaging series, but at least we are seeing France. One of the many good things about this series is their ability to spin an involving yarn, and their dissimilarity to each other. To its detriment as a mystery, quite a bit of this is fairly easy to guess, but not all, which makes all the difference. Joe remains a convincing protagonist, but he is never going to sparkle so Dorcas does this for him. Hopefully we will be seeing more of her in future books. There is some fascinating war history here, and Cleverly does a good job of recreating the atmosphere of this time sans the invariable Roaring Twenties gloss that always colors most books about this period. An entertaining tale that is not the strongest in the series, but still compulsive reading.