The Water Room
(Bryant & May Book 2)
$35.32
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2005
Summary
The matchless if cantankerous detective duo of Inspectors Bryant and May investigate murky and murderous goings on beneath London’s streets.
Originally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her throat is full of river water. It falls to the Met’s Peculiar Crime…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553815535 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553815539 |
| Author: | Christopher Fowler |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2005 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 127mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Bryant & May |
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Critics Review
‘Atmospheric, hugely beguiling and as filled with tricks and sleights of hand as a magician’s sleeve…this is English gothic at its eccentric best; a combination of Ealing comedy and grand opera: witty, charismatic, occasionally touching and with a genuine power to thrill’ * JOANNE HARRIS *
‘An evocatively reverential tribute to the genre…the clash of temperaments between Bryant and May makes them great detectives’ * TIME OUT *
‘The striking gothic setting of London under fire proves fruitful ground for a bizarre dark comedy of an investigation…bawdy, unpredictable and at times hilarious, with a cast of wonderful grotesques’ – Maxim Jakubowski * GUARDIAN *
‘A writer of extraordinary imagination’ – Sunday Express
‘Very cleverly plotted…simultaneously scary and alluring’
– Daily Telegraph Books of the Year‘Wartime London is conjured up with unique skill…Fowler’s powers of description are enviable’ – Independent on Sunday
‘An evocatively reverential tribute to the genre…the clash of temperaments between Bryant and May makes them great detectives’ – Time Out
‘Very fine writing, a lot of atmosphere, and a great deal of irresistible London arcana’ – Morning Star
‘The second in his new series of long-awaited Bryant and May mysteries. From the time I first encountered these two characters in a short story in City Jitters, I’ve wanted Fowler to do precisely what he’s doing now. That would be long, complex and very funny detective novels about the exploits of London’s PCU - the Peculiar Crimes Unit’ – The Agony Column
‘Bryant and May are engaging characters and I look forward to their next outing’ – Sherlock
Christopher Fowler
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.
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