The Peculiar Crimes Unit is no more. After years of defying the odds and infuriating their embarrassed superiors, detectives Arthur Bryant and John May have at last crossed the line. This is the twenty-first century and not even their eccentric genius or phenomenal success rate solving LondonÂ?s most unusual crimes can save them. While Bryant takes to his bed, his bathrobe, and his esoteric books, the rest of the team take to the streets looking for new careersÂ?leading one of them to stumble upon a gruesome murder.

It isnÂ?t so much the discovery of the headless corpse thatÂ?s potentially so politically explosive as where itÂ?s found. Still it takes the bizarre sightings of a great horned creatureÂ?half man, half stagÂ?carrying off young women to convince Bryant that this is a case worth getting dressed and leaving the house to solve. The Home Office has reluctantly authorized the PCU to reunite for one last encore performanceÂ?in a rented office with no computer network, no legal authority, and a broken toilet. TheyÂ?ve got until the end of the week to solve a murder with unlikely links to gangland crime, Slavic mythology, the 2012 London Olympics, and the sort of corruption only obscene amounts of money and power can buy.

ItÂ?s the kind of case that Bryant and May live to solveÂ?and it could be just the case that kills them.
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Book details

• Format Hardcover
• Pages337 pages
• LanguageEnglish
• ISBN100553807196
• ISBN139780553807196