I still enjoy reading this series, and it's a relief because I recently saw a series written by the author and found it disappointing. My reaction was "He can do better than this!" which he's shown across several books and TV series. Anthony Horowitz shows his age in some plot points, however, like with the use of spying technology in the this series and his treatment of a character whose career was ruined over an embarrassing BAFTA moment (neither detail was believable to me). But these elements don't take away my enjoyment of the Tony and Hawthorne dynamic, and I look forward to more developments about Hawthorne's past and him in action as a detective.