Has ever a more...ummm...unique duo been on the trail of murderers? Arthur Bryant and John May go about solving crimes in immensely unusual -- and immensely successful -- ways. In WHITE CORRIDOR, the fifth book in this successful series, Bryant and May venture out of London into the countryside. The new landscape offers numerous opportunities for Bryant to complain. Bryant, though, could probably complain about winning the lottery. Good thing May's easy-going attitude helps keep things on an even keel.
The two sleuths are investigating a double murder, tracking a killer who stalks cars trapped on a snowbound road. But another equally interesting plot is the locked-door murder of one of their cohorts in the Peculiar Crimes Unit -- pathologist Oswald Finch. Finch dies in a locked mortuary to which only four keys exist -- all with PCU members.
What a terrific take on an odd duo of detectives. Bryant and May's unique style will pull you right into these mysteries. I recommend reading every one of them -- and very carefully. Curious about Christopher Fowler, I looked up his website and found that he scripted all six of the Bryant and May mysteries (another is set to come later) and each was plotted and planned with foreshadowings and clues throughout. Wow! From a writer who's challenged with plotting one book, I give Mr. Fowler a huge BRAVO! His skillful and intense mysteries are sure to enthrall readers!
From using crackpot psychics to cutting-edge forensics, Arthur Bryant and John May are famous for their maddeningly unorthodox approach to solving crimes that the ordinary police cannot. Now Christopher Fowler, βa new master of the classical detective story,β* brings back crime detectionβs oddestβand oldestβcouple to solve the ultimate locked room mystery.
Itβs an βimpossibleβ crimeβa member of the Peculiar Crimes Unit killed inside a locked autopsy room populated only by the dead and to which only four PCU members had a key. And to make matters worse, the Unit has been shut down for a forced βvacationβ and Bryant and May are stuck in a van miles away in the Dartmoor countryside during a freak snowstorm on their way to a convention of psychics. Now, with Sergeant Janice Longbright in charge at headquarters, Bryant and May must crack the case by cell phone while trying to stop a second murder without freezing to death. For among the line of snowed-in vehicles, a killer is on the prowl, a beautiful woman is on the run from a man who seeks either redemption or another victim, and an innocent child is caught in the middle. Weaving together two electrifying cases, White Corridor is an unforgettable triumphβby turns hilarious and harrowingβ as two of detective fictionβs most marvelous characters confront one of human natureβs darkest mysteries: the ability to deceive, deny, and destroy.
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