"Superintendent Sutcliffe gets his dentures into sticky murder when he sits in on the husting.  Volative Mr. Barnard gets it all together, this time in a wickedly funny hatchet job on the Mother of Parliaments." - The Observer

"What makes this a star turn is Barnard’s sharp, often hilarious picture of the hustings.  An irresistible party piece." - The Guardian

"Stylishly above the norm for detective stories." - Punch