The Lost Letters of William Woolf

Inside the Dead Letters Depot in East London, William Woolf is one of thirty letter detectives who spend their days solving mysteries: missing postcodes, illegible handwriting, rain-smudged ink, lost address labels, torn packages, forgotten street names are just a few of the puzzles they have to try......more

William works as a letter detective in the Dead Letters Depot in East London. Each day he deals with letters with missing postcodes, letters wrongly addressed, writing that is illegible and various letters and parcels with no return address. As a young man it is not what he saw himself doing. When h......more

3.5⭐️ Up until the last few chapters this was a solid 4-star read. Then it became somewhat cheesy and, more annoyingly, a bit too convenient.......more

A great idea with sub-par execution. I honestly thought I was going to love this one. But I don't think I've ever read another contemporary novel so slow. And for such a slow pacing, you'd think there's a full resolve at the end. But no, there's no concrete ending at all. The writing was okay, but it......more

I loved the premise of this book! The idea that there are people who are willing to take the time to get lost post back to the rightful owners is a lovely one and I do hope there is a Dead Letters depot somewhere.  Some of the personal stories behind the post were beautiful to read about and quite e......more