Bettie's Books

bookshelves: spring-2014, series, published-2011, amusing, those-autumn-years, scary-clowns-circus-dolls, britain-england, london

Read by Tim Goodman

Description: Christopher Fowler's acclaimed Peculiar Crimes Unit novels crackle with sly wit, lively suspense, and twists as chilling as London's fog. Now the indomitable duo of Arthur Bryant and John May, along with the rest of their quirky team, return to solve a confounding case with dark ties to the British theater and a killer who may mean curtains for all involved.

For the crew of the New Strand Theatre, the play The Two Murderers seems less performance than prophecy when a cast party ends in the shocking death of the theater owner's son. The crime scene is most unusual, even for Bryant and May. In a locked bedroom without any trace of fingerprints or blood, the only sign of disturbance is a gruesome life-size puppet of Mr. Punch laying on the floor.

A full resumé of the characters by way of an introduction was very welcome, however after just a day away I still can't elucidate the differences: Bryant and May are a team and that's all you need to know.

Yay! I get a chance to mercilessly flaunt some silly Blavatsky piccies...





oh, and a lifesize Mr Punch...



and don't forget The Battle of Blythe Road:




3* - Full Dark House (2003)
4* - The Water Room (2004)
4* - Seventy-Seven Clocks (2005)
3* - Ten Second Staircase (2006)
3.5* - White Corridor (2007)
3.5* - The Victoria Vanishes (2008)
3* - Bryant and May on the Loose (2009)
4* - Off the Rails (2010)
3.5* - Bryant and May and the Memory of Blood (2011)
TR - The Invisible Code (2012)