Death Makes a Prophet

from Lirmac

Half satire on 'spiritual' suburbanites, half detective novel; both halves fizzle out leaving little trace. Some interesting characters and continual use of cricketing metaphors somewhat make up for the heavy-handed phonetic dialogue and implausible plot.

from pgchuis

Eustace founds a religion called the Children of Osiris (or, entertainingly, Cooism), but soon his fellow leaders are plotting and jockeying for position, and not all of them are such true believers as he is. This was written with a light touch and was very enjoyable, although it took so long for...

from annarellix

It was the third John Bude's mystery I read and, as usual, it is really entertaining it has a solid plot. The description of the cultists is really entertaining and the sequence of events that leads to the murders is well written and funny to read. I would advice this book to whoever is intereste...

from annarellix

It was the third John Bude's mystery I read and, as usual, it is really entertaining it has a solid plot. The description of the cultists is really entertaining and the sequence of events that leads to the murders is well written and funny to read. I would advice this book to whoever is intereste...