the funniest, the quirkiest and the most entertaining read of the bunch." - BookPage "Clever, intricately plotted. The characters are delightfully overblown, the storyline whimsical. This is a book in which there is candor (if not honor) among thieves." - The Wall Street Journal "Hilarious. Elaborate schemes go awry, architectural follies self-destruct and the intelligence of several characters increases ever so slightly. "The witty and action-packed Psycho by the Sea carries readers along in surprising fits and starts, like a bumper-car ride. If only they could work out just who is behind these dastardly acts. Inspector Steine has other things on his mind - since the triumphant conclusion to his last case, Steine has so many awards and invitations coming his way that he has had to take on a secretary - but Sergeant Brunswick and Constable 'Clever Clogs' Twitten are both on the case. A trusted member of a local gang has disappeared part way through planning a huge heist a violent criminal obsessed with boiling the heads of policemen has escaped a local prison, and at Gosling's department store an American researcher has been found dead in the music section. It's September in the British beach town of Brighton, and the city is playing host to weeks of endless rain and some brand new villains. In the latest installment of this charming and quirky series, a trio of detectives are faced with the arrival of an escaped criminal with an unlikely penchant for boiling the heads of policemen.
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