It is 1951. Harry Flynn has returned to London after being released from a horrific POW camp in the Far East. He takes a job helping to set up rooms for The Festival of Britain. When a French woman he had a drink with disappears the next day, Harry’s hum drum life becomes anything but boring.

Part historical fiction, part who done it and part a cast of eccentric characters, Our Noble Selves is a fun, clever, informative read. If you’re a Kate Atkinson fan, and I am, you will want to read Our Noble Selves.