More holiday reading, and a book I had to buy when I read the blurb - firstly because it's the story of a boy adopted under mysterious circumstance by a commune of puzzle enthusiasts and secondly for the phrase 'Clayton Stumper is an enigma. He might be twenty-five years old, but he dresses like your grandad and drinks sherry like your aunt'. It was fun, and involved young Clayton solving a series of puzzles to find out the truth of his own origins. Enjoyable guff, but rather disappointing as the crossword clues tended to be straight rather than cryptic, which is all a bit dull. One was 'French Bread' (4) which frustrated me as it was probably going to be 'pain' but could also be 'euro', 'cent', 'sous'. . . all the same though it was a perfect holiday read.
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