Damn, this is tense.

The last 50 pages have been building up to a show-down, and now there are barely 15 pages left in the book and I am on tenterhooks how this is going to end!

Still enjoying it, even tho some of the events in the book make little sense. It's almost as of Miller was not quite sure what story to write. 

I'm glad he seems to have mostly stuck with Lacroix, but I also have a feeling that the current slow meanderings are leading up to fireworks of some sort. 

I hope they are. 

All things going well, I will finish the book this evening. This has been a fabulous companion throughout the working week.

"They crossed the River Mercy and arrived at Liverpool in the rain."

Erm, I take it this is a proofing error, not an authorial choice.

I am not entirely sure what the story is about or where this is going - but this is a bit of a thriller: Lacroix is being pursued by two unsavoury characters who will stop at nothing.

They are your typical henchman type, like Kidd and Wynt in Diamonds are Forever, and are pretty scary. 

I have no idea, tho, why the plot has taken us to where we are or what Lacroix is trying to achieve here. So, this feels like a pointless meander. I hope there is a purpose that becomes clear...and soon.

Still, this is miles better than the historical fiction book I read last week (The Western Wind) as Miller does not make mistakes with historical research. 

This is rather good, but I hope we go back to the story of John Lacroix soon. I really want to know what happened to him.