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Bryant & May on the loose Bryant & May on the loose Christopher Fowler The Peculiar Crimes Unit is no more. After years of defying the odds and infuriating their embarrassed superiors, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May have at last crossed the line. This is the twen… OL11698213W
Ten second staircase Ten second staircase Christopher Fowler 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 … OL11698217W
White corridor White corridor Christopher Fowler From using crackpot psychics to cutting-edge forensics, Arthur Bryant and John May are famous for their maddeningly unorthodox approach to solving crimes that the ordinary police cannot. Now Christop… OL11698220W
I shudder at your touch I shudder at your touch Michael Blumlein,Ronald Duncan,Robert G. Ackman,Eric P. McCormack,Stephen King,Thomas M. Disch,Ruth Rendell,Stephen R. Donaldson,Michele B. Slung,Carolyn Banks,May Sinclair,Harriet Zinnes,Christopher Fowler,Valerie Martin,Clive Barker,Jonathan Carroll,Robert Hichens,R. Murray Gilchrist,Haydn Middleton,Hugh B. Cave,Patrick McGrath,Angela Carter,T. L. Parkinson Contains: The revelations of 'Becka Paulson / Stephen King -- Sea lovers / Valerie Martin -- Psychopomp / Haydn Middleton -- A glowing future / Ruth Rendell -- The tiger returns to the mountain… OL15162088W
Bryant and May on the Loose Bryant and May on the Loose Christopher Fowler Long regarded an anachronism and a thorn in the side of its superiors, the Peculiar Crimes Unit is to be disbanded. For octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, it seems retirement is now … OL15169328W
Gaslight Arcanum Gaslight Arcanum Stephen Volk,Christopher Fowler,William Meikle,J. R. Campbell,Paul Kane,Simon Clark,Fred Saberhagen,Tony Richards,Kim Newman,Charles Prepolec,Lawrence C. Connolly,Simon Kurt Unsworth,Kevin Cockle,Tom English The comfort of the Seine / Stephen Volk -- The adventure of Lucifer's footprints / Christopher Fowler -- The deadly sin of Sherlock Holmes / Tom English -- The color that came to Chiswick / Willia… OL16311080W
Hell Train Hell Train Christopher Fowler Imagine there was a classic supernatural chiller that Hammer Films never made. A grand epic produced at the studio’s peak, which played like a cross between the Dracula and Frankenstein films and Dr … OL17318868W
Bryant & May Bryant & May Christopher Fowler "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. The critics are mad… OL19764068W
Full dark house Full dark house Christopher Fowler Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for … OL2050882W
The Victoria Vanishes The Victoria Vanishes Christopher Fowler It's a case tailor-made for the Peculiar Crimes Unit. A lonely hearts killer is targeting middle-aged women at some of England's most well-known pubs--including one torn down eighty years ago. What's… OL2050897W
Seventy-Seven Clocks Seventy-Seven Clocks Christopher Fowler The odd couple of detection--the brilliant but cranky detectives of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit--return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing until the final page. This time … OL2050912W
White corridor White corridor Christopher Fowler The unthinkable has happened at the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit. With the Home Office poised to close the unit down, a key member of staff has been found dead, and suspicion falls on his colleagues. U… OL24179539W
The Victoria vanishes The Victoria vanishes Christopher Fowler While walking London's backstreets one evening, Arthur Bryant sees a middle-aged lady, slightly the worse for wear, coming out of a pub. The next morning, her lifeless body is found at the point wher… OL24189275W
The burning man The burning man Christopher Fowler London is under siege. A banking scandal has filled the city with violent protests, and as the anger in the streets detonates, a young homeless man burns to death after being caught in the crossfire … OL24252471W
Film freak Film freak Christopher Fowler It's the late 1970s, and Christopher Fowler is a film freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. Longing to put his dreams on the screen and become a famous screenwriter, he… OL24264889W
Paperboy Paperboy Christopher Fowler Christopher Fowler's endearing childhood memoir captures life in suburban London through the eyes of a lonely boy who spends his days between the library and the cinema, devouring novels, comics, cer… OL24290729W
Bryant & May off the rails Bryant & May off the rails Christopher Fowler Arthur Bryant, John May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are on the trail of an enigma: a young man called Mr Fox. But his identity is false, his links to society are invisible and his home yields no clu… OL24421205W
El teatro oscuro El teatro oscuro Christopher Fowler Un atentado con bomba en Londres mata al detective octogenario Arthur Bryant. Para su compañero, John May, su perdida significa el fin de una amistad de más de medio siglo. Buscando pistas, May inves… OL26449824W