Agaton Sax and Lispington’s Grandfather Clock
by Nils-Olof Franzén; ill. Quentin Blake (Andre Deutsch, 1978)
The last of Franzén’s Agaton Sax books sees the great detective once again triumphant in the face of nefarious criminal undertakings, the harried mishaps of his good friend Inspector Lispington, and even the unfortunate magnetism of Andreas Kark. A fittingly ebullient finale.