Conversely, Iain Sinclair reviewed the book for the London Review of Books and wrote "This is an empty set, a set defined by its architecture... An increasingly silly catalogue of deaths and suicides announces the final surrender of the Golden Age Murder Mystery: Agatha Christie force-fed on Pevsner and the humbug of Kenneth Baker’s latest flag-waving anthology.
Conversely, Iain Sinclair wrote for the London Review of Books that "This is an empty set, a collection defined by its architecture... A list of increasingly absurd deaths and suicides marks the end of the Golden Age Murder Mystery: Agatha Christie forced to consume Pevsner and Kenneth Baker’s latest pompous anthology.