Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart

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The craftiest, oldest, and crankiest detectives in crime fiction today, Arthur Bryant and John May, return in a wildly inventive, utterly peculiar case, rich in strange characters and steeped in London's darkest legends. Karen Marie Moning describes it as "Grumpy Old Men does CSI with a twist of Dickens! Bryant and May are hilarious. I love this series." A teenager sees a dead man rise from his grave-and moments later is killed in a sudden hit-and-run accident. Seven ravens housed in the impenetrable fortress that is the Tower of London vanish without a trace-and legend has it that when the ravens leave, the city will fall. Bryant and May must figure out how these two inexplicable, seemingly unrelated mysteries fit together as they begin an investigation that finds them confronting a group of latter-day body snatchers and exploring the corridors of an eerie funeral parlour, all to unearth the truth behind the gruesome legend of Bleeding Heart Yard. As more graves are desecrated and the Grim Reaper claims victim after victim, Bryant soon realises that this case is more complex than even he had imagined, and that everyone is hiding something. As they find themselves drawn into a complex and dangerous web of body snatchers and secret societies, and their worst fears seem to haunt their very steps, will Bryant and May manage to escape with their lives? Story Locale: London CHRISTOPHER FOWLER is the acclaimed author of eight novels in the Peculiar Crimes Unit series, including The Victoria Vanishes, Bryant & May on the Loose, and Bryant & May off the Rails. He has been nominated by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for the Dilys Winn Award, given to the book that booksellers most enjoyed selling. The Victoria Vanishes was also nominated for best novel by the British Fantasy Society and won Crimefest's Last Laugh award for funniest mystery novel. Fowler lives and writes in London, where he is at work on his next Peculiar Crimes Unit mystery. Author Residence: London, England Praise for Christopher Fowler's ingenious novels featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit "A brilliant series."-*The Denver Post* "The Invisible Code has immense charm, but its plotting will satisfy serious mystery fans…. Best of all are the two main characters, particularly Bryant, whose fine British stodginess is matched perfectly by the agility of his crime-solving mind."-*The New York Times* "Spiced with a little screwball-comedy dialogue and a touch of the occult."-*The Washington Post, on The Memory of Blood* "Fowler, like his crime-solvers, is deadpan, sly, and always unexpectedly inventive."*-Entertainment Weekly "May and Bryant make a stellar team."*-The Wall Street Journal "Grumpy Old Men does CSI with a twist of Dickens! Bryant and May are hilarious. I love this series."-Karen Marie Moning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the MacKayla Lane novels "[A] trademark mix of whimsical humor and macabre thrills."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) "[Christopher] Fowler reinvents and reinvigorates the traditional police procedural."-The Boston Globe