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Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors
Bryant & May: Hall of Mirrors: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery | Christopher Fowler
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London, 1969. With the Swinging Sixties under way, Detectives Arthur Bryant and John May find themselves caught in the middle of a good, old-fashioned manor house murder mystery. Hard to believe, but even positively ancient sleuths like Bryant and May of the Peculiar Crimes Unit were young once . . . or at least younger. Flashback to London 1969: mods and dolly birds, sunburst minidressesbut how long would the party last? After accidentally sinking a barge painted like the Yellow Submarine, Bryant and May are relegated to babysitting one Monty Hatton-Jones, the star prosecution witness in the trial of a disreputable developer whose prefabs are prone to collapse. The job for the demoted detectives? Keep the whistle-blower safe for one weekend. The task proves unexpectedly challenging when their unruly charge insists on attending a party at the vast estate Tavistock Hall. With falling stone gryphons, secret passageways, rumors of a mythical beast, and an all-too-real dismembered corpse, the bedeviled policemen soon find themselves with a proper country house murder on their hands. Trapped for the weekend, Bryant and May must sort the victims from the suspects, including a hippie heir, a blond nightclub singer, and Monty himselfand nobody is quite who he or she seems to be.
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Jeg
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I needed a break from the non fiction I‘ve been reading. This was perfect. I love his writing and especially this series. I always learn something. The last chapters made me smile and in his acknowledgment he posed a bit of a quest to do with the titles of the chapters. I‘m about to see if I can solve it! @MrsMalaprop

gradcat Love all things Bryant & May & Peculiar Crimes 🥰 5y
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rretzler
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J‘zargo relaxing with Hall of Mirrors. I love Fowler‘s Bryant and May series. This one takes us back to a case in the 60s and Christie country house pastiche as only Fowler could do it. Arthur Bryant is my hero!4.0/5.0 ⭐️ #2019

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jahnna
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Country house mystery that turns out to be more complicated. Delightful to get a sort of origin story for some of the things from the Peculiar Crimes Unit like Arthur‘s striped scarf and yellow Mini.

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jahnna
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Excited to be jumping in with the Peculiar Crimes Unit again! #125booksin2019