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1. Bryant & May: Wild Chamber: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
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Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May are back on the case in this whip-smart and wildly twisting mystery, in which a killer in Londons parks is proving to be a most elusive quarry.Helen Foresters day starts like any other: Around seven in the morning, she takes her West Highland terrier for a walk in her streets private garden. But by 7:20 she is dead, strangled yet peacefully laid out on the path, her dog nowhere to be found. The only other person in the locked space is the gardener, who finds the body and calls the police. He expects proper cops to arrive, but what he gets are Bryant, May, and the wily members of the Peculiar Crimes Unit.
Before the detectives can make any headway on the case, a second woman is discovered in a public park, murdered in nearly identical fashion. Bryant, recovering from a health scare, delves into the arcane history of Londons cherished green spaces, rife with class drama, violence, and illicit passions. But as a devious killer continues to strike, Bryant and May struggle to connect the clues, not quite seeing the forest for the trees. Now they have to think and act fast to save innocent lives, the fate of the citys parks, and the very existence of the PCU.
An irresistibly witty, inventive blend of history and suspense, Bryant & May: Wild Chamber is Christopher Fowler in classic form.
Praise for Bryant & May: Wild Chamber
Ingenious . . . Fowler brilliantly mixes humor into a fair-play whodunit with an unexpected solution.Publishers Weekly (starred review)
For fans of offbeat mysteries, Fowlers long-running series continues to offer some of the best reading; the latest entry features an array of eccentric characters, a killer conclusion in a library setting, quirky humor, witty writing, interesting side trips and expositions, and a well-ordered, intricate plot.Library Journal (starred review)
2. Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
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London, 1969. With the Swinging Sixties under way, Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May find themselves caught in the middle of a good, old-fashioned manor house murder mystery.Hard to believe, but even positively ancient sleuths like Bryant and May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit were young once . . . or at least younger. Flashback to London 1969: mods and dolly birds, sunburst minidressesbut how long would the party last?
After accidentally sinking a barge painted like the Yellow Submarine, Bryant and May are relegated to babysitting one Monty Hatton-Jones, the star prosecution witness in the trial of a disreputable developer whose prefabs are prone to collapse. The job for the demoted detectives? Keep the whistle-blower safe for one weekend.
The task proves unexpectedly challenging when their unruly charge insists on attending a party at the vast estate Tavistock Hall. With falling stone gryphons, secret passageways, rumors of a mythical beast, and an all-too-real dismembered corpse, the bedeviled policemen soon find themselves with a proper country house murder on their hands.
Trapped for the weekend, Bryant and May must sort the victims from the suspects, including a hippie heir, a blond nightclub singer, and Monty himselfand nobody is quite who he or she seems to be.
3. Full Dark House: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
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A bomb rips through present-day London, tragically ending the crime-fighting partnership of Arthur Bryant and John May begun more than a half-century ago during another infamous bombing: the Blitz of World War II. Desperately searching for clues to the saboteurs identity, May finds the notes his old friend kept of their very first case and a past that may have returnedwith murderous vengeance. It was an investigation that began with the grisly murder of a pretty young dancer. In a city shaken by war, a faceless killer stalked Londons theater row, creating his own sinister drama. And it would take Bryants unorthodox techniques and Mays dogged police work to catch a fiend whose ability to escape detection seemed almost supernaturala murderer who decades later may have returned to kill one of themand wont stop until he kills the other.4. Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
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NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST MYSTERIES OF THE YEAR BY THE SEATTLE TIMES Londons wiliest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are on the case in this fiendishly clever mystery. And when a cemetery becomes the scene of a crime, neither secretsnor bodiesstay buried.Romain Curtis sneaks into St. Georges Gardens one evening with his date, planning to show her the stars. A centuries-old burial ground, the small, quiet park is the perfect place to be alone. Yet the night takes a chilling turn when the two teenagers spy a strange figure rising from among the tombstones: a corpse emerging from the grave. Suffice it to say that wherever theres a dead man walking, Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are never far behind.
As the PCU investigates the sighting, a second urgent matter requires their unusual brand of problem-solving. Seven ravens have gone missing from their historic home in the Tower of London, and legend has it that when the ravens disappear, England will fall. Bryant has been tasked with recovering the lost birds, but when Romain is suddenly found dead, the two seemingly separate mysteries start to intertwine and point to a plot more sinister than anyone could ever imagine.
Soon Bryant and May find themselves immersed in Londons darkest lore, from Victorian-era body snatchers, to arcane black magic, to the grisly myth behind Bleeding Heart Yard, a courtyard long associated with murder. And as the body count spikes and more coffins are unearthed, they will have to dig deep to catch a killer and finally lay these cases to rest.
Darkly funny and fast-paced, Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart is a brilliantly twisting puzzle, conjured from the inventive mind of Christopher Fowler.
Praise for Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
Lets talk about guilty pleasures. . . . A historic burial ground like St. Georges Garden, scene of the unfortunate incident of resurrection, is right up [Arthur Bryants] dark alley. And mine.Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
Delectably droll . . . criminally underappreciated . . . guaranteed to amuse . . . [Bryant & May are] endearing throwbacks to a time when this genre was brainy and pure. They are the last of a breed and they know it. . . . Their very credibility puts quaint old Bryant & May in a class of their own.Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Fans of the series will enjoy the continuing travails of these two long-suffering octogenerian friends and their fellow officers. Newcomers will appreciate the twists and turns of the case as well as the many details from the odd corners of one of the worlds great cities.Library Journal
Endearingly eccentric . . . intriguing.Publishers Weekly
Hilarious . . . a charming and intriguing mystery mixed with marvelous characters. [Christopher] Fowlers snarky writing elevates what could be dull or routine and makes it a true joy to read.RT Book Reviews
Make Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart the next book you read. . . . These stories are witty, challenging, engrossing, informative and incredibly well written. . . . Picture a television series that is a rough mash-up of Law & Order, The X-Files and Monty Pythons Flying Circus. . . . I sensed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ed McBain and Agatha Christie nodding in approval. . . . [Fowlers] latest book contains some of his best writing.Bookreporter
5. Bryant & May and the Burning Man: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
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No case is too curious for Arthur Bryant and John May, Londons most ingenious detectives. But with their beloved city engulfed in turmoil, theyll have to work fast to hold a sinister killers feet to the fire.In the week before Guy Fawkes Night, Londons peaceful streets break out in sudden unrest. Enraged by a scandal involving a corrupt financier accused of insider trading, demonstrators are rioting outside the Findersbury Private Bank, chanting, marching, and growing violent. But when someone hurls a Molotov cocktail at the banks front door, killing a homeless man on its steps, Bryant, May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in. Is this an act of protest gone terribly wrong? Or a devious, premeditated murder?
Their investigation heats up when a second victim is reported dead in similar fiery circumstances. May discovers the latest victim has ties to the troubled bank, and Bryant refuses to believe this is mere coincidence. As the riots grow more intense and the body count climbs, Bryant and May hunt for a killer whos adopting incendiary methods of execution, on a snaking trail of clues with roots in Londons history of rebellion, anarchy, and harsh justice. Now, theyll have to throw themselves in the line of fire before the entire investigation goes up in smoke.
Suspenseful, smart, and wickedly funny, Bryant & May and the Burning Man is a brilliantly crafted mystery from the beloved Christopher Fowler.
Praise for Bryant & May and the Burning Man
Fabulously unorthodox . . . [Fowler] takes delight in stuffing his books with esoteric facts; together with a cast of splendidly eccentric characters [and] corkscrew plots, wit, verve and some apposite social commentary, they make for unbeatable fun.The Guardian
Winningly eccentric . . . The books are set in a skillful synthesis of a phantasmagorical earlier era and the modern age.Financial Times
The most delightfully, wickedly entertaining duo in crime fiction . . . Fowlers tale is a rich mix of laugh-out-loud lines, acerbic wit, obscure British history and a wonderfully puzzling story. Grade: AThe Plain Dealer
Fowler is even better than usual at getting readers to care about his squad of misfits.Publishers Weekly
Not even Arthur Bryants alarming behavior can dampen the twelfth installment in the most joyously inventive mystery series of our time.Kirkus Reviews
Fascinating and intriguing . . . This book is definitely a standalone novel that keeps the reader absorbed in the story, and will make everyone want to go back and read them all. . . . This is a very solid story and a great addition to Fowlers long-running series. The mystery is fascinating and readers will definitely want to know what happens next. And for newcomers to the series, this will be an excellent place to start.Suspense Magazine
Fans of the Bryant and May series will welcome this latest installment with plenty of obscure historical details mixed with outr crimes and the banter of the PCU members. Newcomers will find plenty to enjoy as well without finding the amount of details included from earlier outings overwhelming.Library Journal
Witty with a dry sense of humor . . . finely plotted . . . complex and funny.RT Book Reviews
A fascinating investigation with lots of false leads and a plethora of historical factoids.Mystery Scene
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