A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
Random House
December 2013
On Sale: December 17, 2013
Featuring: John May; Arthur Bryant
368 pages ISBN: 0345528654 EAN: 9780345528650 Kindle: B00DK89N4I Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
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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