Two children playing the game "Witch Hunter" near St.
Bride's Church put a curse on a woman who enters the church
and dies of an unknown cause. The case is so baffling, it's
sure to be given to the Peculiar Crimes Unit, an
unconventional group of investigators, led by Arthur Bryan
and John May, who are assigned the really unusual murder
cases.
Instead, PCU is given an even more perplexing assignment
when their supervisor and longtime nemesis in the Home
Office, Oskar Kasavian, asks for their help. His young wife
is suffering behavioral problems and is becoming a security
risk. Her personality dysfunction started six weeks ago,
and now she's convinced her life is in danger. Even after
she's confined to a clinic for mental evaluation, her
paranoia does not dissipate. When a news photographer
assigned to cover her at public appearances is brutally
murdered, the case takes on new dimensions.
Bryant and May are doing everything they can solve their
boss' dilemma, but dealing with so many politicians soon
puts them and the PCU team in eminent danger. And the
complexity of the case makes traditional investigative
approaches ineffective. Discovering an unusual link between
the two cases has Bryant and May at odds with their
supervisors as the truth finally reveals itself in a most
bizarre way.
THE INVISIBLE CODE by Christopher Fowler is another
great addition to this clever and enthralling series.
Bryant, May and their PCU colleagues are smart and
resourceful as they deal with some of the most inexplicable
and tricky murder cases in London.
London's craftiest and boldest detectives, Arthur Bryant
and John May, are back in this deviously twisting mystery
of black magic, madness, and secrets hidden in plain sight.
When a young woman is found dead in the pews of St. Bride's
Church, alone and showing no apparent signs of trauma,
Arthur Bryant assumes this case will go to the Peculiar
Crimes Unit, an eccentric team tasked with solving London's
most puzzling murders. Yet the city police take over the
investigation, and the PCU is given an even more baffling
and bewitching assignment.
Called into headquarters by Oskar Kasavian, the head of
Home Office security, Bryant and May are shocked to hear
that their longtime adversary now desperately needs their
help. Oskar's wife, Sabira, has been acting strangely for
week, succumbing to violent mood swings, claiming an evil
presence is bringing her harm, and Oskar wants the PCU to
find out why. And if there's any duo that can deduce the
method behind her madness, it's the indomitable Bryant and
May.
When a second bizarre death reveals a surprising link
between the two women's cases, Bryant and May set off on a
trail of clues from the notorious Bedlam hospital to
historic Bletchley Park. And as they are drawn into a world
of encrypted codes and symbols, concealed rooms and high-
society clubs, they must work quickly to catch a killer who
lurks even closer than they think.
Witty, suspenseful, and ingeniously plotted, The Invisible
Code is Christopher Fowler at the very top of his form.
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