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Strange Tide

By DavidPrestidge

10 April, 2016

Christopher Fowler takes risks. His two detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are improbably ancient. I think they were old in their WWII debut mystery, Full Dark House. He cracks endless jokes based on English popular culture, and if you can’t keep up with his…

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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 Dark and Twisted Tide

By crimefictionlover

8 October, 2014

This seventh outing for Lacey Flint and Mark Joesbury finds the former Met Detective looking for a quieter life as she finds her feet as a member of the Metropolitan Police’s Marine Unit. Some chance of that after an early morning wild swim in the…

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A Dark and Twisted Tide by Sharon Bolton

By DeathBecomesHer

29 July, 2014

That there London. It has featured in films, telly shows, songs and, of course, crime novels. But whether you see the place as a bustling metropolis or smelly, overpriced and somewhere south of Watford Gap, I doubt you’ve ever given much thought to the possibility…

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