An explosion outside the North London Peculiar Crimes Unit has killed
Arthur Bryant. Bryant was an elderly former police officer who worked
there. His landlady handed his old friend John May a document, which
she had found in his flat. It is in an old form of shorthand, so he has
begun to translate it.
The pair had met in 1940 during the height of the Blitz. Their first
case together was the murder of a dancer. Her feet had been found on a
chestnut vendor’s wagon, and later her body was found in a lift in a
theatre.
May begins to investigate what may have led to Bryant’s death. Looking
into that first case, based on Bryant’s notes, is the first thing that
comes to mind for May. Could that case be related to his death?
Another death had occurred at the same theatre shortly after the first
when a piece of backdrop fell, killing one of the singers. What is the
motive behind the killings? How many more deaths are there going to be?
Author Christopher Fowler has plenty of action awaiting the reader with
plenty of twists and surprises before the conclusion of this murder
mystery. Fowler mixes historical cases, which are connected to the the
modern moment. An interesting read, to say the least.
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