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Bruno, jefe de policía
by Martin WalkerEs día de mercado en St. Denis, un pueblecito de la región francesa de Périgord. Y lo que promete ser una jornada tranquila se convierte en tragedia cuando encuentran el cadáver de un hombre árabe con una esvástica dibujada en el pecho. Bruno Courrèges será el responsable de resolver el crimen. Y así da comienzo la investigación, con la ayuda de agentes de policía parisinos enviados por el Ministerio. Entre ellos se encuentra el inolvidable J.J., un viejo amigo de Bruno, e Isabelle, una atractiva joven. Las primeras sospechas apuntan a jóvenes simpatizantes del Front Nationale, pero la información es contradictoria y parece que el pasado de los habitantes del pueblo es mucho más oscuro de lo que cualquiera pudiera imaginar.Bruno, nuestro jefe de policía, es un hombre afable y sencillo, amante de la buena comida y el buen vino, un sibarita que encarna la inteligencia y habilidad de los mejores detectives del género.«Martin Walker es autor best seller en toda Europa. Sus libros son amenos, entretenidos y excitantes. Walker aporta lo mejor del género y además consigue que el lector viaje a través de estas páginas: gastronomía, recreación rural y misterio, una mezcla muy gratificante.»Times Literary Suplement
Brunswick Gardens: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #18)
by Anne PerryIn London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood--a "new woman" whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down the staircase to her death, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is as certain as he can be that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter? His handsome curate? Or his son, a fervent Roman Catholic? <P> Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth--or less than justice.men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter, his handsome curate, or his Roman Catholic son? Powerful forces demand that the scandalous matter be cleared up immediately. But Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, refuse to settle for less than the truth... and justice.<P> Like all Anne Perry's novels, Brunswick Gardens translates great moral issues into deeply moving human dramas. Perhaps the most psychologically penetrating book she has written, it is a distinguished addition to her acclaimed body of work.
Brunswick Gardens: A thrilling journey into corruption and murder in Victorian London (Thomas Pitt Mystery #18)
by Anne PerryDoes the murder of a young woman have a religious cause? Anne Perry's Brunswick Gardens delves deep into the politics of the church, uncovering thwarted ambitions, unfulfilled promises and frustrated passions amid murder. Perfect for fans of C. J. Samson and Ann Granger.'Beautifully crafted, filled with the gaslit atmosphere of a bygone world' - Cosmopolitan In London's affluent Brunswick Gardens, the battle over Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution intensifies as the respected Reverend Parmenter is boldly challenged by his beautiful assistant, Unity Bellwood - a 'new woman' whose feminism and aggressive Darwinism he finds appalling. When Unity, three months pregnant, tumbles down a staircase to her death, Superintendent Thomas Pitt is certain that one of the three deeply devout men in the house committed murder. Could it have been the Reverend Parmenter? His handsome curate? Or his son, a fervent Roman Catholic? Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, will refuse to settle for less than the truth - or less than justice. What readers are saying about Anne Perry: '[Anne Perry's] books are always gripping and beautifully written''These are a great set of books. Pitt is a really likeable hero''Five stars'
Brush Back
by Sara ParetskyChicago's V. I. Warshawski confronts crooked politicians and buried family secrets in the gritty new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Sara Paretsky. No one would accuse V. I. Warshawski of backing down from a fight, but there are a few she'd be happy to avoid. High on that list is tangling with Chicago political bosses. Yet that's precisely what she ends up doing when she responds to Frank Guzzo's plea for help.For six stormy weeks back in high school, V.I. thought she was in love with Frank. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for Bagby Haulage. She forgot about him until the day his mother was convicted of bludgeoning his kid sister, Annie, to death. Stella Guzzo was an angry, uncooperative prisoner and did a full twenty-five years for her daughter's murder.Newly released from prison, Stella is looking for exoneration, so Frank asks V.I. for help. V.I. doesn't want to get involved. Stella hated the Warshawskis, in particular V.I.'s adored mother, Gabriella.But life has been hard on Frank and on V.I.'s other childhood friends, still stuck on the hardscrabble streets around the dead steel mills, and V.I. agrees to ask a few questions. Those questions lead her straight into the vipers' nest of Illinois politics she's wanted to avoid. When V.I. takes a beating at a youth meeting in her old hood, her main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find answers.
Brush Back: V.I. Warshawski 17
by Sara ParetskyThe seventeenth V.I. Warshawski thriller from one of America's greatest female crime writers, and winner of Theakstons Old Peculier Outstanding Contribution to Crime Fiction Award 2015.For six stormy weeks in high school, V.I. Warshawski thought she was in love with Frank Guzzo. He broke up with her, she went off to college, he started driving trucks for a living. She forgot about him until the day his mother was arrested for bludgeoning his kid sister Annie to death. Twenty-five years later, Stella is released and Frank comes to V. I., begging the private detective to help find grounds to exonerate his mother from a crime she claims she never committed.V.I. doesn't want to get involved, but life has been hard on Frank. When V.I. agrees to ask a few questions, it's a painful journey to the past for her, to her old neighbourhood and the people she grew up with. And when she gets beaten up after attending a youth-group meeting in her old 'hood, V.I.'s main question becomes whether she will live long enough to find the answers.
Brush With Death: An Art Lover's Mystery
by Hailey Lind Juliet BlackwellSince she went straight, Annie Kincaid’s been applying her genius for fine art forgery to her own faux finishing business in San Francisco. She hasn’t seen the inside of a jail cell since she was seventeen, although sometimes it takes all of her arts—fine or otherwise—to keep it that way… Annie knows that art security can be inadequate, but it’s crazy to think that an Old Master painting could be hanging unguarded in the local columbarium where she’s doing restoration work. Still, when she gets a tip that the chapel’s copy of Raphael’s exquisite La Fornarina might be the real thing, Annie has to take a look. And when she runs into a certain sexy art thief on the premises, alarm bells go off in her head as well as her heart. Tired of being an art world pariah, Annie hopes that if she can help return the masterpiece to Italy, she’ll finally be redeemed. But when murder enters the picture, Annie realizes that it won’t be so easy to put things at the cemetery to rest… INCLUDES ART TIPS!
Brutal Vengeance: Brutal Vengeance (The Loner #13)
by J.A. JohnstoneIn a land of legends The Loner has nothing to prove. That's usually when violence finds its way to him. . .Vengeance Will Be MineFor a posse chasing a murderous band of outlaws, a quiet kid with a lightning fast gun is good company. And when the outlaws turn around and attack the posse, The Loner doesn't have a choice: he's now caught up in a running gun battle across West Texas. The Loner knows the men he's fighting are bad to the bone--led by a merciless killer named Warren Latch. But what about the guys on his side? As men on both sides of the fight bite the dust, the Loner has fewer allies and no way out. That's when a beautiful bounty hunter appears on the scene--to lead the way into another vendetta, another betrayal, and one final, bloody fight to the death. . .
Brutal Vows: Queens and Monsters Book 4 (Queens and Monsters)
by J.T. GeissingerThe fourth book in the scorchingly hot mafia romance Queens and Monsters series by New York Times bestselling author J.T. Geissinger, where John Wick meets Romeo and Juliet.An Irish mobster with a brutal grudge.An Italian mafia princess with a dark secret.Two enemy empires joined in sacred marriage vows.Let the hating games begin.Reyna:If this arrogant Irish mobster my brother sold my niece to thinks I’m going to play nice over this arranged marriage BS, he should think again. I don’t care if this match with the Mob will make my brother capo of the Five Families.I don’t care how much money, territory, or power it will gain us. I especially don’t care that the Irishman is the sexiest man I’ve ever seen. I won’t allow my innocent niece to suffer the same way I did.Even if I have to kill him.Spider:I’m supposed to marry sweet, beautiful Lili. So why can’t I stop thinking about her swamp witch of an aunt?Reyna who hates me. Reyna who challenges me. Reyna with the guts of a Viking, the body of a fertility goddess, and the attitude of a feral cat.Nothing good can come of what I’m feeling for a woman who’s not the one in the wedding contract I signed. A woman I want so much, I’ll have to burn the whole world down to get.If she doesn’t kill me first.Queens and Monsters Reading Order:Ruthless CreaturesCarnal UrgesSavage HeartsBrutal VowsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Brutality
by Ingrid ThoftGutsy, relentless, wisecracking Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow is back with her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft.When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker. It's unusual for Fina to take a case that isn't connected to the family firm, Ludlow and Associates, but Liz was in the process of suing her alma mater, New England University--a suit that could be a legal gold mine. Twenty years earlier, Liz was an NEU soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play--and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win--has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Fina convinces her father and boss, Carl, to take the case, and discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, Fina wonders if any game is worth the price.From the Hardcover edition.
Brutality
by Ingrid ThoftGutsy, relentless, wisecracking Boston P.I. Fina Ludlow is back with her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft.When soccer mom Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen and left with a life-threatening injury, Fina Ludlow is hired by Liz's mother to identify her attacker. It's unusual for Fina to take a case that isn't connected to the family firm, Ludlow and Associates, but Liz was in the process of suing her alma mater, New England University--a suit that could be a legal gold mine. Twenty years earlier, Liz was an NEU soccer star known for her physical toughness; however, a serious cognitive decline has soured her soccer memories. She's convinced that her aggressive style of play--and the university's willingness to ignore head injuries in favor of a win--has put her health and her future in jeopardy, and someone needs to be held responsible. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there other secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Fina convinces her father and boss, Carl, to take the case, and discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, Fina wonders if any game is worth the price.From the Hardcover edition.
Brute Force
by Andy McNabA cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, packed with enough arms and ammunition to start a war. Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on taking out those responsible for the treachery – one by one.The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black & Decker drill and then shot through the head at point-blank range.And Nick Stone – ex-SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained – is next on the killer’s list. He has only two options – fight or flight – but which do you choose when you don’t know who you are up against?
Brute Force
by Andy McNabA cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, packed with enough arms and ammunition to start a war. Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on taking out those responsible for the treachery – one by one.The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black & Decker drill and then shot through the head at point-blank range.And Nick Stone – ex-SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained – is next on the killer’s list. He has only two options – fight or flight – but which do you choose when you don’t know who you are up against?
Brute Force (A Jericho Quinn Thriller #6)
by Marc CameronAre these the last days of America? A thriller starring &“a compelling, never-give-an-inch hero who will appeal to Jack Reacher fans&” (Booklist). In the aftermath of a devastating biological attack, America stands on the brink of disaster. The President of the United States is controlled by terrorists. The Vice President, global mastermind Lee McKeon, is plotting his next move. And special agent Jericho Quinn is running for his life. Desperate to clear his name—and expose the conspirators in the White House—Quinn must race against time before McKeon can execute his evil plan. It begins with heightened security, mass surveillance, and the establishment of a brutal police state. It can only end in the takeover of America. The only thing standing between democracy and destruction is a man named Quinn…and one perfectly aimed bullet. From the New York Times-bestselling author of Tom Clancy Oath of Office, this heart-pounding thriller features &“a formidable warrior readers will want to see more of&” (Publishers Weekly).
Brute Strength (A Dog Lover's Mystery #19)
by Susan ConantWhen Dog's Life columnist and malamute fancier Holly Winter rejects applicants who want to adopt homeless malamute dogs, she makes a lot of enemies. In dogs Holly trusts, and the dogs she trusts most are her beloved malamutes, Rowdy, Kimi and Sammy. But right now she can use a human friend. Wherever she turns, romances sour and fights break out. Holly's veterinarian husband and her beloved stepmother, Gabrielle, are both keeping secrets from Holly's ever- difficult father. Then a lovely young woman is killed in an unexplained car crash, and an elderly member of Holly's dog-training club dies of a mysterious illness. Peril strikes close to home when Gabrielle unaccountably begins to fall asleep at the wheel - and closer yet when Holly faces a killer whose intended victim is Holly herself.
Bruxaria de Amor no Dia dos Namorados (Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #6)
by Colleen CrossAté que a morte nos separe... Cendrine West e as bruxas de Westwick estão ansiosas por um Dia dos Namorados encantador, cheio de romance, admiradores secretos e talvez até mesmo um ou dois pedidos de casamento. O amor está no ar, mas Tia Pearl não se importa. A empreitada mais recente de Ruby traz hóspedes inesperados e uma proposta de mistério lança Cen em uma missão. Mas a flecha do Cupido acerta uma maldição e, subitamente, o caos começa!
Bruxarias de Natal: Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #4)
by Colleen CrossComa, beba e seja envenenado... Cendrine West estava ansiosa para ter uma ceia de véspera de Natal aconchegante e gostosa quando uma tempestade chega, trazendo uma enxurrada de convidados inesperados. Mas bruxas desastradas e feitiços malcriados são uma receita para o desastre, especialmente quando uma convidada morre. O lado investigativo de Cendrine a faz descobrir uma trama do tamanho da lista de presentes do Papai Noel e todos são suspeitos, inclusive seu namorado maravilhoso, o delegado. Foi um acidente terrível de uma bruxa bêbada... ou algo mais sinistro? A morte está no cardápio esta noite e só a magia pode desvendar a verdade neste romance enfeitiçante, emocionante e natalino! Os Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick são para fãs de livros de mistérios leves e divertidos com um toque sobrenatural! Caso ainda não tenha lido os três primeiros livros da série, Que Bruxaria é Essa?, Bruxas aos Farrapos e Bruxas e Famosas, compre-os agora mesmo por um preço especial com o conjunto Mistério Mágico das Bruxas de Westwick. “Bruxas e suspense... eu adorei!” “Cinco estrelas para minha combinação preferida de magia, visco e assassinato!” “... Uma deliciosa mistura de bruxaria e coisas sobrenaturais. Se você gosta de mistérios de bruxas, amará Cendrine West e sua família doida de bruxas!” “... Um dos melhores livros de mistério paranormal que li nos últimos tempos. Um mistério criativo de detetive que combina os melhores mistérios de um romance enigmático de Agatha Christie com os livros fantasiosos de Harry Potter. Magia para adultos!” Mistérios de bruxas para fãs de livros de mistérios leves e divertidos com um toque sobrenatural! Os Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick em ordem: Que Bruxaria é Essa? Bruxas aos Farrapos Bruxas e Famosas Bruxarias de Natal
Bruxas aos Farrapos: Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #2)
by Colleen CrossVencer, perder ou empatar… Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick Cendrine West não consegue uma folga. Ela está prestes a conseguir um novo emprego e as coisas estão melhorando com o delegado sexy, Tyler Gates. Tudo muda quando ela é sequestrada pela bruxa renegada, tia Pearl, que quer vingar a morte recente de uma amiga. É Las Vegas ou a prisão... por todos os motivos errados. Rocco Racatelli é um homem rico de Vegas... e o próximo alvo da máfia. A sorte lhe deu uma mão perdedora e ele quer vingança. Quando tia Pearl aparece, muito disposta a ajudar, o projeto Vingança em Vegas rapidamente se transforma em uma guerra da máfia. Quando as bruxas entram no submundo da Cidade do Pecado, os cadáveres se acumulam e segredos são expostos. Não é apenas o calor de Las Vegas que é escaldante... Rocco está disposto a ganhar o coração de Cen. Mas ela só quer o homem que deixou para trás em Westwick Corners. A única coisa que ela precisa fazer é solucionar um assassinato, vencer a tia na magia e derrubar a máfia de Las Vegas. O que poderia dar errado? Quando o crime organizado encontra a magia desorganizada, tudo pode acontecer! À medida que o número de corpos aumenta, fica claro que Cen precisa de mais do que um milagre no deserto para consertar as coisas. Se você gosta de mistérios divertidos, com uma boa dose de humor e sobrenatural, adorará este livro paranormal! Para os fãs de Janet Evanovich, Leighann Dobbs, Angie Fox, Deanna Chase e Lynn Cahoon. Registre-se para receber notificações de novos lançamentos em http://www.colleencross.com “Uma história sobrenatural enfeitiçadora. Se você gosta de mistérios divertidos, adorará Cendrine West e sua família maluca!”
Bruxas e Famosas : Um Mistério das Bruxas de Westwick (Série Mistérios das Bruxas de Westwick #3)
by Colleen CrossLuzes, câmera, assassino… Um figurão do cinema de Hollywood chega à cidade e a jornalista Cendrine West está ansiosa para conseguir um furo de reportagem. A família de bruxas dela também quer participar da ação, mas problemas com as estrelas logo se transformam em uma tragédia. Os cadáveres se empilham mais rápido do que um rosário de xingamentos e tudo aponta para a família de Cen. Elas não pararão por nada na missão do estrelato sobrenatural, mesmo que isso signifique interferir com uma investigação de assassinato. As bruxas criaram uma confusão com feitiços e deram ao assassino a chance de escapar impune. Cen recorre à própria justiça sobrenatural para manter a família sob controle, mas conseguirá desmascarar o assassino antes que ele ataque de novo? Boas-vindas à vida selvagem das Wests! Bruxas e Famosas é para fãs de mistérios paranormais e bruxas engraçadas. Este livro pode ser lido como um mistério independente, mas, se quiser saber mais sobre as Bruxas de Westwick e a história de sua família, comece com o livro 1: Que Bruxaria é Essa?.
Bryan Gruley's Starvation Lake Mystery Series 2-Book Boxed Set
by Bryan GruleyIn the dead of a Michigan winter, pieces of a snowmobile wash up near the crumbling, small town of Starvation Lake—the same snowmobile that went down with Starvation's legendary hockey coach years earlier. But everybody knows Coach Blackburn's accident happened five miles away on a different lake. As rumors buzz about mysterious underground tunnels, the evidence from the snowmobile says one thing: murder. Gus Carpenter, editor of the local newspaper, has recently returned to Starvation after a failed attempt to make it big at the Detroit Times. In his youth, Gus was the goalie who let a state championship get away, crushing Coach's dreams and earning the town's enmity. Now he's investigating the murder of his former coach. But even more unsettling to Gus are the holes in the town's past and the gnawing suspicion that those holes may conceal some dark and disturbing secrets secrets that some of the people closest to him may have killed to keep. The Hanging Tree When Gracie McBride, the wild girl who had vanished for fifteen years, is found dead in an apparent suicide shortly after her homecoming, it sends shockwaves through her native Starvation Lake. Gus Carpenter, executive editor of the Pine County Pilot, sets out to solve the mystery with the help of his old flame and now girlfriend, Pine County Sheriff’s Deputy Darlene Esper. As Gus and Darlene investigate, they can’t help but question if Gracie’s troubled life really ended in suicide or if the suspicious crime scene evidence—a missing shoe, a pair of handcuffs, and traces of blood on the snow beneath her—adds up to murder. The second book in Bryan Gruley’s irresistible Starvation Lake series, The Hanging Tree is a compelling story about family and friendship, sex and violence, and of love falling short of making everything right.
Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
by Christopher FowlerLondon's wiliest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back on the case in this fiendishly clever new mystery. And when a cemetery becomes the scene of a crime, neither secrets--nor bodies--stay buried. Romain Curtis sneaks into St. George's Gardens one evening with his date, planning to show her the stars. A centuries-old burial ground, the small, quiet park is the perfect place to be alone. Yet the night takes a chilling turn when the two teenagers spy a strange figure rising from among the tombstones: a corpse emerging from the grave. Suffice it to say that wherever there's a dead man walking, Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are never far behind. As the PCU investigates the sighting, a second urgent matter requires their unusual brand of problem-solving. Seven ravens have gone missing from their historic home in the Tower of London, and legend has it that when the ravens disappear, England will fall. Bryant has been tasked with recovering the lost birds, but when Romain is suddenly found dead, the two seemingly separate mysteries start to intertwine and point to a plot more sinister than anyone could ever imagine. Soon Bryant and May find themselves immersed in London's darkest lore, from Victorian-era body snatchers, to arcane black magic, to the grisly myth behind Bleeding Heart Yard, a courtyard long associated with murder. And as the body count spikes and more coffins are unearthed, they will have to dig deep to catch a killer and finally lay these cases to rest. Darkly funny and fast-paced, Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart is a brilliantly twisting puzzle, conjured from the inventive mind of Christopher Fowler.
Bryant & May and the Burning Man
by Christopher FowlerNo case is too curious for Arthur Bryant and John May, London's most ingenious detectives. But with their beloved city engulfed in turmoil, they'll have to work fast to hold a sinister killer's feet to the fire. In the week before Guy Fawkes Night, London's peaceful streets break out in sudden unrest. Enraged by a scandal involving a corrupt financier accused of insider trading, demonstrators are rioting outside the Findersbury Private Bank, chanting, marching, and growing violent. But when someone hurls a Molotov cocktail at the bank's front door, killing a homeless man on its steps, Bryant, May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in. Is this an act of protest gone terribly wrong? Or a devious, premeditated murder? Their investigation heats up when a second victim is reported dead in similar fiery circumstances. May discovers the latest victim has ties to the troubled bank, and Bryant refuses to believe this is mere coincidence. As the riots grow more intense and the body count climbs, Bryant and May hunt for a killer who's adopting incendiary methods of execution, on a snaking trail of clues with roots in London's history of rebellion, anarchy, and harsh justice. Now, they'll have to throw themselves in the line of fire before the entire investigation goes up in smoke. Suspenseful, smart, and wickedly funny, Bryant & May and the Burning Man is a brilliantly crafted mystery from the beloved Christopher Fowler. Praise for Christopher Fowler's ingenious novels featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit "A brilliant series."--The Denver Post "Fowler, like his crime-solvers, is deadpan, sly, and always unexpectedly inventive."--Entertainment Weekly "Mr. Fowler's small but ardent American following deserves to get much larger. And The Invisible Code is a delightful introduction to his work. . . . The Invisible Code has immense charm, but its plotting will satisfy serious mystery fans. . . . Best of all are the two main characters, particularly Bryant, whose fine British stodginess is matched perfectly by the agility of his crime-solving mind."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times, on The Invisible Code "Picture a television series that is a rough mash-up of Law & Order, The X-Files, and Monty Python's Flying Circus . . . and you have the Peculiar Crimes Unit. . . . These stories are witty, challenging, engrossing, informative and incredibly well-written."--Bookreporter "Spiced with a little screwball-comedy dialogue and a touch of the occult."--The Washington Post, on The Memory of Blood "May and Bryant make a stellar team."--The Wall Street Journal "Fowler reinvents and reinvigorates the traditional police procedural."--The Boston Globe"The most joyously inventive mystery series of our time."--Kirkus ReviewsFrom the Hardcover edition.
Bryant & May and the Secret Santa
by Christopher FowlerIn this fast-paced Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery, available as an eBook short story, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May must crack a puzzling Christmas case with some extra assistance from Santa's little helpers. Includes a preview of Christopher Fowler's upcoming Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery, Bryant & May and the Burning Man! The streets of London are covered in twinkling lights and freshly fallen snow, but the mood inside the Christmas department of Selfridges is decidedly less cheery. Bryant and May have arrived there to investigate the death of an eleven-year-old boy who inexplicably fled the store after a routine visit to Santa's Wonderland. Their only clue is a torn scrap of blue cloth discovered at the scene. Now, Bryant and May are making a list of suspects, but they'd better check it twice to catch a shifty culprit in disguise.
Bryant & May off the Rails
by Christopher FowlerBONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Christopher Fowler's The Memory of Blood.Arthur Bryant and John May--and their team of proud eccentrics in the Peculiar Crimes Unit--have been given only one week to hunt down a murderer they've already caught once, but who somehow escaped from a locked room and killed one of their best and brightest. Facing a shutdown, Bryant and May, men of opposite methods, learn that their nemesis, expertly disguised, has struck again--and now he is luring them down into the vast labyrinth of tunnels and dark shadows of the London Underground. But soon they will discover a fresh mystery--one as bizarre as anything they have ever faced.e, Bryant and May, men of opposite methods, are each getting closer to what lies hidden at the heart of London's celebrated Tube--and to the madness that is driving their man to murder.Sophisticated, fast-paced, and confounding until its final twist, Bryant & May off the Rails is Christopher Fowler dead on track and at the height of his power to beguile, bewitch, and entertain.From the Hardcover edition.
Bryant & May on the Loose: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
by Christopher FowlerLong 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 the only option. But then a headless body is found in a freezer, and on the perimeter of a massive construction site near King's Cross, a gigantic figure has been spotted -- dressed in deerskin and sporting antlers made of knives and suddenly, with limited resources and very little time, the PCU are back in business. In the panoply of great fictional detective duos, Bryant and May rank alongside (and somewhere in between) Holmes and Watson, and Mulder and Scully.
Bryant & May: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
by Christopher FowlerLondon's most brilliant but unconventional detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, must plumb the depths of a particularly murky mystery. The Peculiar Crimes Unit faces its most baffling case yet--and if Bryant and May can't rise to the challenge, the entire unit may go under. Near the Tower of London, along the River Thames, the body of a woman has been discovered chained to a stone post and left to drown. Curiously, only one set of footprints leads to the tragic spot. "The Bride in the Tide," as the London press gleefully dubs her, has the PCU stumped. Why wouldn't the killer simply dump her body in the river--as so many do? Arthur Bryant wonders if the answer lies in the mythology of the Thames itself. Unfortunately, the normally wobbly funhouse corridors of Bryant's mind have become, of late, even more labyrinthine. The venerable detective seems to be losing his grip on reality. May fears the worst, as Bryant rapidly descends from merely muddled to one stop short of Barking, hallucinating that he's traveled back in time to solve the case. There had better be a method to Bryant's madness--because, as more bodies are pulled from the river's depths, his partner and the rest of the PCU find themselves in over their heads. Fiendishly fun and rich in London lore, Bryant and May: Strange Tide is Christopher Fowler at his best, delivering more twists and turns than the Thames itself. Praise for Christopher Fowler's ingenious novels featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit "Fowler, like his crime-solvers, is deadpan, sly, and always unexpectedly inventive."--Entertainment Weekly "An imaginative funhouse of a world where sage minds go to expand their vistas and sharpen their wits."--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "[Fowler] takes delight in stuffing his books with esoteric facts; together with a cast of splendidly eccentric characters [and] corkscrew plots, wit, verve and some apposite social commentary, they make for unbeatable fun."--The Guardian "Mr. Fowler's small but ardent American following deserves to get much larger."--Janet Maslin, The New York Times "The most delightfully, wickedly entertaining duo in crime fiction."--The Plain Dealer "Captivating."--The Seattle Times "Dazzling."--The Denver Post "Thrilling."--Chicago TribuneFrom the Hardcover edition.