Author:Christopher Fowler
When a bomb devastates the office of London's most unusual police unit and claims the life of its oldest detective, Arthur Bryant, his surviving partner John May searches for clues to the bomber's identity. His search takes him back to the day the detectives first met as young men in 1940.
In Blitz-ravaged London, a beautiful dancer rehearsing for a sexy, sinister production of 'Orpheus In The Underworld' is found without her feet. Bryant & May's investigation plunges them into a bizarre gothic mystery, where a faceless man stalks terrified actors and death strikes in darkness. Tracking their quarry through the blackout, searching for a murderer who'll stop at nothing to be free of a nightmare, the duo unwittingly follow the same path Orpheus took when leading Euridyce from the shadows of Hell.
Back in the present day, John May starts to wonder if their oldest adversary might be the killer who took his partner's life. He must work alone to solve a puzzle that began over half a century earlier...
In a war-shaken city of myths, rumours and fear, Bryant & May discover that a house is not always a home, nothing is as it appears, the most cunning criminals hide in plain sight, and the devil has all the best tunes. Dark drama and black comedy combine as Bryant & May take centre stage in their first great case.
A bizarre dark comedy of an investigation... bawdy, unpredictable and at times hilarious, with a cast of wonderful grotesques
—— GuardianAs filled with tricks and sleights of hand as a magician's sleeve... witty, charismatic, occasionally touching and with a genuine power to thrill
—— Joanne HarrisFowler shocks and frightens while making us laugh out loud. An original, erudite and exciting whodunnit
—— Good Book GuideAn evocatively reverential tribute to the genre...the clash of temperaments between Bryant and May makes them great detectives
—— Time OutThe writing is as ever fluid and pacey, the characterisation deft and the plot fresh and ingenious
—— Independent on SundayAtmospheric, hugely beguiling and as filled with tricks and sleights of hand as a magician's sleeve... this is English gothic at its eccentric best; a combination of Ealing comedy and grand opera: witty, charismatic, occasionally touching and with a genuine power to thrill
—— Joanne HarrisA writer of extraordinary imagination
—— Sunday ExpressThe striking gothic setting of London under fire proves fruitful ground for a bizarre dark comedy of an investigation... bawdy, unpredictable and at times hilarious, with a cast of wonderful grotesques
—— Maxim Jakubowski , GuardianFowler belongs with the mythographers of London: Iain Sinclair, Peter Ackroyd
—— New StatesmanIts combination of Grand Guignol and place setting does command attention
—— Metro LondonSuperbly realised... reminds us that the real horrors lurk within the reader's mind
—— IndependentPears is in a class of his own; no one else could possibly succeed in making the world of big finance so hugely entertaining.
—— www.thetruthaboutbooks.comthis thoughtful, thoroughly satisfying novel... clever storytelling to reach imaginative heights
—— Waterstone's Books Quarterly
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