Synopses & Reviews
Its the classic locked-room mystery—a member of the Peculiar Crimes Unit killed inside a sealed morgue populated only by the dead and to which only four PCU members had a key. To make matters worse, the Unit has been shut down for a forced “vacation,” and Bryant and May are stuck in a van in the Dartmoor countryside during a freak snowstorm. Now theyll have to crack the case by cell phone while trying to stop a second murder without freezing to death. For among the line of trapped vehicles, a killer is on the prowl, a beautiful woman is on the run, and an innocent child is caught in the middle….
About the Author
Chrisopher 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.
From the Hardcover edition.