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Original Essays | September 17, 2013
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This title in other editionsOther titles in the Peculiar Crimes Unit Mysteries series:Full Dark House: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mysteryby Christopher Fowler
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 returned… with 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 London's theater row, creating his own sinister drama. And it would take Bryant's unorthodox techniques and May's dogged police work to catch a fiend whose ability to escape detection seemed almost supernatural — a murderer who decades later may have returned to kill one of them… and wont stop until he kills the other. Review:"An absolutely riveting account of London during the Blitz." Booklist
Review:"Atmospheric, hugely beguiling and as filled with tricks and sleights of hand as a magician's sleeve...it is English gothic at its eccentric best; a combination of Ealing comedy and grand opera: witty, charismatic, occasionally touching and with a genuine power to thrill." Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat
Review:"A first class thriller, but don't expect any sleep." Sunday Telegraph
Review:"The writing is as ever fluid and pacey, the characterization deft and the plot fresh and ingenious." Independent on Sunday
Review:"The intrigues of the theater murders, which decimate the cast, create considerable drama....The dynamic between May and Bryant makes for compelling reading" Publishers Weekly
Review:“How many locked-room puzzles can the duo unlock before their Peculiar Crimes Unit is disbanded? Many more, one hopes.” Kirkus Reviews
Review:“A madcap mystery that's completely crazy and great fun.” Los Angeles Times
Review:“Chris Fowler is a master of the classical form.” New York Times Book Review
About the AuthorChrisopher Fowler is the acclaimed author of fifteen previous novels, including the award-winning Full Dark House, and four other Peculiar Crimes Unit mysteries, White Corridor, The Water Room, Seventy-Seven Clocks, and Ten Second Staircase. He lives in London.
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