Meh. After the first book, a tightly packed well thought out masterpiece, the second in the series is a little disappointing. The thing with twisty crime capers is that the twists have to be just crazy enough to astonish but still reign in before venturing into that realm of sheer impossibility. Unfortunately book 2 of the Gentleman Bastards ventures a little too far into that region. But still I'll wait and see what Lynch puts out next.