British fiction's most enigmatic detectives since Holmes and Watson return in their fourth outrageously entertaining and intriguing adventure...
Christopher Fowler was the multiple award-winning author of almost fifty novels and short story collections, including the celebrated Bryant & May mysteries. His other novels include Roofworld, Spanky, The Sand Men and Hot Water. He has also written two acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy (winner of the Green Carnation Prize) and Film Freak, plus The Book of Forgotten Authors and Peculiar London, Bryant and May's singular and eccentric guide to the city. In 2015 Chris was awarded the Crime Writers Association's coveted 'Dagger in the Library' for his body of work. He lived in London and Barcelona. Diagnosed with cancer just as the UK went into lockdown in 2020, Chris died on 2nd March 2023.
Genuinely witty and original...madly entertaining. Fowler is in
exuberant form here...the suspense is thrilling
*NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW*
Places Fowler in the first rank of contemporary mystery writers
*PUBLISHERS WEEKLY*
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