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I wasn't hugely thrilled with the book. The prose itself was entertaining but I didn't find anything particularly compelling in the stories.
The mysteries were ones the reader was not supposed solve. They were often revealed to be specially crafted nonsense to line up with the concept of the club, but not to make sense in any other meaningful way. Basil often leapt immediately to a correct conclusion without any evidence at all. I was completely sick of Basil's side-kicks deciding that he must be mad in every story. "Oh he's really bonkers this time" ... yawn.
Luckily, the writing itself was good and fun to read, so it wasn't a waste for me. It just didn't provide much more than that for me.
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