Bryant and May

Bryant & May - Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler

By DavidPrestidge

24 March, 2016

The Peculiar Crimes Unit is a kind of lost property facility for London’s Metropolitan Police. Orphan crimes, unsolved murders, unexplained disappearances – in short, investigations which would cost the cash-strapped Met valuable man- hours are left on the doorstep of the PCU. Its two senior…

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A guide to Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May novels

By DavidPrestidge

9 December, 2015

Arthur Bryant and John May are elderly London detectives who work for The Peculiar Crimes Unit – a branch of London’s Metropolitan Police. The creation of English crime author Christopher Fowler, they tackle cases that are too obscure, quirky and downright complex for regular Scotland Yard…

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Bryant & May - London's Glory by Christopher Fowler

By DavidPrestidge

13 November, 2015

If ever there were a more apposite and descriptive title for a book, then I have yet to see it. Fowler – via his detective characters Arthur Bryant and John May – glories in London. He loves its grandeur, its history of architectural bloody-mindedness, and he…

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Who will win Dagger in the Library 2016?

By DeathBecomesHer

5 November, 2015

Nominations are now open for the Crime Writers’ Association’s 2016 Dagger in the Library Award, and the winner will be chosen by the readers themselves. It’s a unique part of the Dagger awards, because it celebrates an author’s entire body of work rather than just one book and…

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The Burning Man

By crimefictionlover

14 April, 2015

By the time a series reaches its 12th novel, it can lose some of its spark. Not so, it seems, with Christopher Fowler’s Bryant & May which features the Peculiar Crimes Unit. In The Burning Man our favourite pair of ageing detectives are dealing with a…

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The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler

By Keith Nixon

27 March, 2015

Written by Christopher Fowler — London is a city under siege, its angry population taking to the streets to protest at yet another banking scandal which has spewed out onto an already jaded political landscape. In the run up to 5 November, Guy Fawkes Night, thousands…

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Interview: Christopher Fowler

By Keith Nixon

12 March, 2015

Today we talk to Christopher Fowler one of the most prolific and varied writers in the business with 40 works to his name across an eye-watering range of genres, never mind writing for various celebrities, from Leslie Nielsen to several of the Pythons. An avid movie…

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The Bleeding Heart

By crimefictionlover

20 April, 2014

The latest Bryant & May mystery written by Christopher Fowler brings us yet another excellent read, and a baffling case for the Peculiar Crimes Unit. First, there’s the politics – PCU has been put under the jurisdiction of the City of London and its new…

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Bryant & May - Strange Tide by Christopher Fowler

A guide to Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May novels

Bryant & May - London's Glory by Christopher Fowler

Who will win Dagger in the Library 2016?

The Burning Man

The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler

Interview: Christopher Fowler

The Bleeding Heart

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