Gary Curtis of
The Hamilton Spectator called it a "red-hot scorcher, a BritCrime epic with Peter Banks at his best." Oline H. Cogdill of the
South Florida Sun Sentinel called the novel "crime fiction at its best" and opined that it "shows why Robinson's novel continue to be a pleasure." Al Hutchison of
The Tampa Tribune opined that while the novel "may not quite match up to"
In a Dry Season, the tenth novel in the series, as a "literary achievement", there is "no question Robinson is on a winning streak." ==References==