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Originally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her lungs are full of river water. It falls to the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by London's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, to search for something resembling a logical solution.
Their initial investigations draw a blank and Bryant's attention is diverted into strange and arcane new territory, while May finds himself in hot water when he attempts to save the reputation of an academic whose knowledge of the city's forgotten underground rivers looks set to ruin his career. In the meantime, the new owner of Number 5 is increasingly unsettled by the damp in the basement of her home, the particularly resilient spiders and the ghostly sound of rushing water . . .
Pooling their information to investigate hitherto undiscovered secrets of the city, Bryant and May make some sinister connections and realize that, in a London filled with the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something a desperate individual is willing to kill for - and kill again to protect. With the PCU facing an uncertain future, the death toll mounts and two of British fiction's most enigmatic detectives must face madness, greed and revenge, armed only with their wits, their own idiosyncratic practices and a plentiful supply of boiled sweets, in a wickedly sinuous mystery that goes to the heart of every London home.
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Description du livre Softcover. Etat : new. NO-VALUE. Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowlers wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit and its elderly odd couple Arthur Bryant and John MayPublishers Weekly starred reviewHow can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement Thats what John May and Arthur Bryant of Londons Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers racist threats dodgy academicians and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology Linking them all is an evil lurking in Londons vast and forgotten underground river systema killer with the eerie ability to strike anywhere anytime without leaving a clue Its a subterranean case of secrets lies and multiple murder that defies not only the law but reason itself Can Bryant and May bring a killer to the surface and stop the dark tide of murder before it pulls them under tooA clever twist on the traditional police procedural The real thrill here is the delightful duo in the starring roles two fresh and unusual characters who manage to breathe new life into an established genre in which its getting harder and harder to find anything genuinely freshBooklistHumorous engagingKirkus Reviews. N° de réf. du vendeur DADAX0553385550
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful second contemporary whodunit featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit and its elderly odd couple, Arthur Bryant and John May.Publishers Weekly (starred review)How can an elderly recluse drown in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? Thats what John May and Arthur Bryant of Londons Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Linking them all is an evil lurking in Londons vast and forgotten underground river systema killer with the eerie ability to strike anywhere, anytime, without leaving a clue. Its a subterranean case of secrets, lies, and multiple murder that defies not only the law, but reason itself. Can Bryant and May bring a killer to the surface and stop the dark tide of murder before it pulls them under, too?A clever twist on the traditional police procedural . . . The real thrill here is the delightful duo in the starring roles, two fresh and unusual characters who manage to breathe new life into an established genre in which its getting harder and harder to find anything genuinely fresh.Booklist Humorous, engaging.Kirkus Reviews How can an elderly recluse "drown "in a chair in her otherwise dry basement? That's what John May and Arthur Bryant of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit set out to discover in a city rife with shady real estate developers, racist threats, dodgy academicians, and someone dangerously obsessed with Egyptian mythology. Linking them all is an evil lurking in London's vast and forgotten underground river system--a killer with the eerie ability to strike anywhere, anytime, without leaving a clue. It's a subterranean case of secrets, lies, and multiple murder that defies not only the law, but reason itself. Can Bryant and May bring a killer to the surface and stop the dark tide of murder before it pulls them under, too? Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780553385557
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