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Bryant & May - Strange Tide
Bryant & May - Strange Tide
Oct 6, 2024 7:25 PM

Author:Christopher Fowler

Bryant & May - Strange Tide

The river Thames is London’s most important yet neglected artery. When a young woman is found chained to a post in the tide, no-one can understand how she came to be drowned there. At the Peculiar Crimes Unit, Arthur Bryant and John May find themselves dealing with an impossible crime committed in a very public place.

Soon they discover that the river is giving up other victims, but as the investigation extends from the coast of Libya to the nightclubs of North London, it proves as murkily sinister as the Thames itself. That’s only part of the problem; Bryant’s rapidly deteriorating condition prevents him from handling the case, and he is confined to home. To make matters worse, May makes a fatal error of judgement that knocks him out of action and places everyone at risk.

With the PCU staff baffled as much by their own detectives as the case, the only people who can help now are the battery of eccentrics Bryant keeps listed in his diary, but will their arcane knowledge save the day or make matters even worse? Soon there’s a clear suspect in everyone’s sights – the only thing that’s missing is any scrap of evidence.

As the detectives’ disastrous investigation comes unstuck, the whole team gets involved in some serious messing about on the river. In an adventure that’s as twisting as the river upon which it’s set, will there be anything left of the Peculiar Crimes Unit when it’s over?

Reviews

Be entertained, challenged and entranced by this wonderful book.

—— CRIME FICTION LOVER

Fiendishly fun and rich in London lore, Bryant & May - Strange Tide is Christopher Fowler at his best, delivering more twists and turns than the Thames itself.

—— LIBRARYTHING

Linskey delivers a flawless feel for time and place, mixed with unrelenting pace

—— The Times

Linskey is one of the most commanding crime fiction practitioners at work today

—— The Financial Times

Linskey has taken a sharp swerve towards the big time ... he has elevated his writing to a level of complexity and humanity seldom approached by British writers previously

—— Maxim Jakubowski

Just finished Last Seen Alive . . . it's so twisty, turning and grippy. Highly recommend it!

—— Gilly Macmillan

Brilliant. Twisty, exciting yet so very real

—— Gillian McAllister

I love stories where you're not quite sure who is telling the truth! This one kept me guessing

—— Jane Corry

I loved the sense of lurking dread that pervades it all . . . I was absolutely gripped and intrigued

—— Emma Curtis

A fab and twisty page-turner that kept me guessing

—— Lucy Clarke

Praise for Claire Douglas

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—— Marie Claire

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—— Sun

Compelling and page-turning, wonderfully written and impossible to second guess with a brilliant twist

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As soon as I finished the first page, I knew I wouldn't be able to put this down . . . I thoroughly enjoyed it

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Unforgettably dark and complex

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—— Booklist (starred review)

As poetic and intricate as it is a page-turner . . . a delicious, utterly satisfying novel that needs to be savoured

—— Katy Regan , author of The Story of You

From the strange, almost dream-like opening pages, I was transfixed by this novel . . . I was especially moved by the depiction of the relationship between the sisters - both tender and strained, and the utterly evocative sense of place. A beautiful and compelling story

—— Clover Stroud , author of The Wild Other

A richly evocative mystery

—— Gransnet, Best Summer Reads

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—— Daily Mail

Black Rabbit Hall's beautifully crafted mystery is a delight I want to experience again and again . . . make Chase's debut the one to pack in your suitcase *****

—— Stylist

Atmospheric, with echoes of du Maurier, this haunting novel enchanted me

—— Fanny Blake , Woman & Home

There's something about tales of mysterious old buildings that have the ability to set hairs on end. In this one, two intertwining stories explore the magnificence of Black Rabbit Hall and the dark secrets behind its walls. Perfect sunlounger fodder

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A cracking pool-side saga

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Expertly crafted, dark, beautiful and utterly enthralling

—— Rowan Coleman

A deliciously intriguing novel whose rich sense of time and place bear more than a few echoes of du Maurier's best

—— Alex Marwood , Edgar Award-winning author of The Wicked Girls

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—— Katie Fforde

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—— Miranda Beverly-Whittemore , New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet
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