Off the Rails: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
Christopher Fowler's Peculiar Crimes Unit novels have been hailed for their originality, suspense, and unforgettable characters. Now Arthur Bryant, John May, and their team of proud eccentrics have been given only one week to hunt down a murderer they've already caught once -- and who is now luring them down into the darkest shadows of the London Underground.
The only thing the Peculiar Crimes Unit knows about the man is that he got out of a locked room and killed one of their best and brightest. As the city blithely goes about its way, Bryant and May -- two men of completely opposite methods -- are getting closer to the madness that is driving their man to murder.
Bryant, Arthur -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Detective and mystery fiction
Fiction
Large print books
London (England) -- Fiction
May, John
May, John -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Mystery
Police
Police -- England -- London -- Fiction
Subways
Subways -- England -- London -- Fiction
Suspense
Thriller
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Grouping Title | off the rails |
Grouping Author | christopher fowler |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-19 05:02:28AM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-19 05:07:34AM |
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The young man they seek is an enigma. His identity is false. His links to society are invisible. A search of his home yields no clues. The Peculiar Crimes Unit knows only this: Somehow Mr. Fox got out of a locked room and killed one of their best and brightest. Facing a shutdown, Bryant and May learn that their man, expertly disguised, has struck again in the world’s oldest subway system. But as their search takes them into the vast labyrinth of tunnels that tie the city together, they discover a fresh mystery as bizarre as anything they have ever faced. . . .
As the city blithely goes about its way, as tales of ghost stations and Underground legends emerge, Bryant and May, men of opposite methods, are each getting closer to what lies hidden at the heart of London’s celebrated Tube—and to the madness that is driving their man to murder.
Sophisticated, fast-paced, and confounding until its final twist, Bryant & May off the Rails is Christopher Fowler dead on track and at the height of his power to beguile, bewitch, and entertain.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Christopher Fowler's The Memory of Blood.
Praise for Bryant & May off the Rails
“Life always seems livelier whenever Arthur Bryant and John May are on a case.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Fowler, like his crime-solvers, is deadpan, sly, and always unexpectedly inventive.”—Entertainment Weekly
eBook
eBook
9781602859968
2011
Random House Publishing Group
Detective and mystery fiction
Large print books
London (England) -- Fiction
May, John -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Police -- England -- London -- Fiction
Subways -- England -- London -- Fiction
Off the rails : a Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery / Christopher Fowler
Fiction
May, John
Mystery
Police
Subways
Suspense
Thriller
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