Christopher Fowler
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
351 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Two of London's sharpest minds within the Peculiar Crimes Unit are faced with one of the most bizarre cases of their careers as an ill-timed death, a powerful curse, a crazy dowager, and a dead photographer lead them into a world of madness, codes, and the secret of London's strangest relic.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
448 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a prominent politician is crushed by a fruit van making a delivery, the singular team of Arthur Bryant and John May overcome insurmountable odds to reunite the PCU and solve the case in the brainy new mystery from acclaimed author Christopher Fowler. On a spring morning in London's Strand, the Speaker of the House of Commons is accidentally killed by a van unloading oranges and lemons for the annual St. Clement Danes festival. It's an absurd...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
427 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May investigate the baffling case of a girl strangled but peacefully laid out in a private, locked garden, the first in a series of similar murders in London's parks.
Author
Publisher
Bantam
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 474 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's getting late. I want to share my knowledge of London with you, if I can remember any of it. So says Mr. Arthur Bryant. He and John May are the nation's oldest serving detectives. Who better to reveal its secrets? Why does this rainy, cold, gray city capture so many imaginations? Could its very unreliability hold the key to its longevity? The detectives are joined by their boss, Raymond Land, and some of their most disreputable friends, each...
Author
Series
A Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery volume 18
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The brilliant duo of Arthur Bryant and John May uncover a nefarious plot behind the seemingly innocuous death of an old lady--and when the case leads them to the London Bridge, it all comes down on the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Ninety-one-year-old Alice Hoffman died alone in her top-floor flat. Social services say she slipped through the cracks in a failing system. But detectives Arthur Bryant and John May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit have their suspicions....
Author
Publisher
Gingham Dog Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The various members of Eleanor's family give her different nicknames, but she finally tells them that she has decided on one of her own.