Edmund Crispin’s The Moving Toyshop no longer moves me
I remember reading Edmund Crispin’s detective thriller The Moving Toyshop as a child and enjoying it hugely. Alas, re-reading as an adult was not such fun. … Read the full post »
Author Christopher Fowler writes the Bryant and May detective series. Featuring the elderly detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, the novels are rich in London’s quirky history. Often funny they also act as a tribute to the golden age of detective novels, with the likes of locked room mysteries frequently popping up.
I remember reading Edmund Crispin’s detective thriller The Moving Toyshop as a child and enjoying it hugely. Alas, re-reading as an adult was not such fun. … Read the full post »
Keith Page has done a wonderful job illustrating Christopher Fowler’s pair of detectives, Bryant and May. … Read the full post »
I’d previously missed that a special Christmas short story appeared featuring Christopher Fowler’s detective duo Arthur Bryant and John May of London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit. … Read the full post »
Bryant & May On the Loose, the seventh book in Christopher Fowler’s series featuring two ageing London detectives and a host of London local history, rather reminds me of an old favourite, slightly faded, coat. … Read the full post »
In The Victoria Vanishes, Arthur Bryant of the Peculiar Crimes Unit witnesses a woman walk into a pub, The Victoria, who is subsequently found murdered. … Read the full post »
Christopher Fowler’s The White Corridor is the fifth in his Bryant and May murder mystery series which is a homage to the golden age of crime fiction and usually comes with a very strong London backdrop. … Read the full post »
Christopher Fowler’s The Water Room is another outing for his Peculiar Crimes Unit and its detectives Arthur Bryant and John May. … Read the full post »
Though I’ve come to Christopher Fowler’s Bryant and May crime series rather late… … Read the full post »
Earlier this week I went to see Celebrity, a play by Christopher Fowler – he of the Bryant & May mysteries. … Read the full post »
Listening to the audio version (brilliantly done by Tim Goodman) I did very nearly suddenly exclaim out loud, in the middle of a crowded train carriage, “Where the hell did that tiger come from?”. It is probably a good thing I did not. I advise you too to avoid such an incident. … Read the full post »