Fun noir detective story. Interesting setting and nice characters. Had some of the tropes about noir stuff that I find grate after a while – everyone is cynical and wise, the reader implicitly naive and ignorant, as though it's our fault. Also set in a nearish future but left out mobile and surveillance tech just because it was convenient to do so/didn't fit the tropes. Felt like a wee bit of a cop out, would have liked to see some acknowledgement of it in some way. But a very enjoyable read.

Harkaway is usually pacy, but this one felt particularly brisk and to the point (certainly shorter than his usual).