Peculiar Crime Unit #12
Bantam
December 2015
On Sale: December 15, 2015
Featuring: Arthur Bryant; John May
ISBN: 0345547683 EAN: 9780345547682 Kindle: B00V2AHG5E Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
No case is too curious for Arthur Bryant and John May, Londonโs most ingenious detectives. But with their beloved city engulfed in turmoil, theyโll have to work fast to hold a sinister killerโs feet to the fire.
In the week before Guy Fawkes Night, Londonโs peaceful streets break out in sudden unrest. Enraged by a scandal involving a corrupt financier accused of insider trading, demonstrators are rioting outside the Findersbury Private Bank, chanting, marching, and growing violent. But when someone hurls a Molotov cocktail at the bankโs front door, killing a homeless man on its steps, Bryant, May, and the rest of the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in. Is this an act of protest gone terribly wrong? Or a devious, premeditated murder?
Their investigation heats up when a second victim is reported dead in similar fiery circumstances. May discovers the latest victim has ties to the troubled bank, and Bryant refuses to believe this is mere coincidence. As the riots grow more intense and the body count climbs, Bryant and May hunt for a killer whoโs adopting incendiary methods of execution, on a snaking trail of clues with roots in Londonโs history of rebellion, anarchy, and harsh justice. Now, theyโll have to throw themselves in the line of fire before the entire investigation goes up in smoke.
Suspenseful, smart, and wickedly funny, Bryant & May and the Burning Man is a brilliantly crafted mystery from the beloved Christopher Fowler.
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