Three Sisters (Emily Castles 1)

Travel Guide

Set in a single street in Brixton, London, this is the story of Emily Castles who is somewhat lonely and attends a Halloween and Bonfire night party where people are to dress up in various costumes. The people in the street of are several nationalities so the costumes are varied and colourful. Some are participants in a performance and others are merely spectators.

The fireworks are spectacular and are like-

Midget Gems suspended mid-rinse in a toddler’s open mouth”

The mystery starts when a knife throwing trick goes wrong. Well, the whole show is rather spectacular for this is no simple knife throwing trick, for when the victim is lying apparently dead on the ground, minutes later she seems revived and very much alive.

The setting is of course the mystery but facts and figures are splattered throughout the text about Guy Fawkes and the festivities. A very British event which is also married to that of Diwali in its celebration of lights and fire.

The setting is colourful for another reason too and the words describe a time and place perfect for  a cosy British mystery –

“Everything was on the spectrum from brown to cream, and the overall effect was a sepia-toned display that had been put together by someone nostalgic for a time before Britons had learned to cook, but after they had learned to shop at supermarkets.”