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The critic for The Financial Times, James Bredin, declared that Thrilling Cities " can — and will, compulsively — be read at a sitting ", although he found that overall " it is an unsatisfying report " because of the brevity of the subject.

Honor Tracy, providing the critique for The Guardian thought Fleming praiseworthy, as he " writes without any pretension at all ", while also managing to be " invariably entertaining and often funny ".

Overall Tracy considered that Thrilling Cities was " a lively, enjoyable book, written from an unusual point of view and well illustrated.

" Writing for The Observer, Francis Hope was surprised by Fleming's written style, which he found to be " more flabby verbose than one expects of a thriller writer ", although this was redeemed by Fleming having " some interesting conversations with local experts on crime ".