Author:Christopher Fowler
The unthinkable has happened at London's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In the bitter depths of winter, a member of the team has been murdered, and everyone who works there is a suspect. With the exception of Arthur Bryant and John May that is, for the eccentric detectives who run London's strangest crime division are stranded on a desolate snowbound road somewhere in the West Country on their way to a spiritualists' convention. As the snows worsen, Bryant & May attempt to solve the crime long distance. And their situation is about to get much. much worse. Unknown to the elderly detectives, an obsessed killer has travelled from the Riviera to Dartmoor, and is stalking the stranded vehicles, searching for one particular victim and edging ever closer with each passing minute...
Two murderers, two incapacitated detectives, just six hours to solve two crimes and save the unit. Armed only with their wits, woolly coats, a mobile phone with a fading battery and some dubious veal and ham pies, Bryant & May are bracing themselves for a strange and very dangerous day...
Quirky, touching, profound and utterly original...a gripping page-turner.
—— PETER JAMESInvests the traditions of the Golden Age of detective fiction with a tongue-in-cheek post-modernism.
—— Evening StandardDelicious stuff, delivered with all the assurance we have come to expect from Fowler.
—— Barry Forshaw , amazon.co.ukSlow burning, adroitly plotted, with a distinct atmosphere.
—— GuardianAnother triumph for the Peculiar Crimes Unit.
—— Independent on SundayEccentric arcana and characteristic sang-froid...satisfyingly good
—— Financial TimesBerenson, winner of the 2007 Edgar Award for his first novel, The Faithful Spy, proves his debut was no fluke with this stellar sequel... The authenticity Berenson brings to his ripped-from-the-headlines stories makes them seem as vividly real and scary as nonfiction or the nightly news
—— BooklistA gripping thriller . . . Like his book's central figure, Mr. Winslow is good at what he does
—— The Wall Street JournalGraceful . . . Wonderfully imagined . . . Winslow's story explodes with . . . gritty realism
—— Pittsburg Tribune-ReviewSmart, staccato . . . A reading experience of sustained intensity, with appealingly sleazy characters and an Elmore Leonard-like snap in the dialogue
—— The Plain DealerWinslow is a sensational writer ... Won't disappoint under any circumstances
—— Independent on SundayAction sequences that put your heart into your mouth ... Vegas nights, floating orgies, shakedowns and shootings galore all feature in this superb novel ... The ending will blow you away
—— Evening Standard
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