Author: christopherfowler
When a man is crushed by an errant fruit van, Peculiar Crimes Unit detectives Bryant and May come out of retirement to find the culprit. But are they ready for all the twists and turns the case will take? An “outstanding” mystery with “a satisfying resolution” (Publishers Weekly).
Unorthodox Bryant, dogged May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit pursue an escaped murderer into the London Underground. “Sharp wit, elegant style, and wild imagination… Reinvents and reinvigorates the traditional police procedural” (The Boston Globe).
“Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler’s wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit and its elderly odd couple, Arthur Bryant and John May.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)How can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? That’s what John May and Arthur Bryant of London’s Peculiar Crimes … Bryant of London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Linking them all is an evil lurking in London’s vast…
It’s a crime tailor-made for the Peculiar Crimes Unit: a controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence–it’s business as usual for the Unit’s cantankerous founding partners, Arthur Bryant and John May. But this time they have an eyewitness. According to twelve-year-old Luke Tripp, the killer was a cape-clad highwayman … highwayman atop a black stallion. As implausible as the boy’s story sounds, Bryant and May take it seriously when “The Highwayman” is spotted again, striking a dramatic pose at the scene of his next outlandish murder. Whatever the…
When a shocking attack claims the life of his partner, Peculiar Crimes detective John May sets out to find the culprit — a search that sweeps him into the past. The “inventive” first entry (Entertainment Weekly) to “a brilliant series of impossible-crime novels” (The Denver Post).
London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit takes on a baffling case in this “delightful” mystery (The New York Times) from an award-winning author. When a young woman is found dead in a church pew, the investigation leads detectives Arthur Bryant and John May into a web of encrypted symbols and high-society secrets.