Bryant & May - Wild Chamber: (Bryant & May Book 15) - Couverture rigide

This story begins as an investigation ends . . .

Near London Bridge Station, members of the Met’s Peculiar Crimes Unit pursue a killer. But in the dark, the rain and the confusion, they cause a bizarre accident. The consequences of which none could foresee . . .

Fast forward a year. The body of a smartly dressed woman has been found in a private London garden. She’s been strangled. What’s more her dog, husband and nanny are missing. So far so typical a case for Bryant and May.

The detectives are convinced there will be further deaths but John May and the PCU are mired in a national scandal and under house arrest. Only Arthur Bryant is at liberty. And is a hallucinating old codger of a copper who appears intent on exploring the arcane history behind London’s parks and garden – its wild chambers – really the right person to catch a determined killer? Only time will tell . . .

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Our story begins at the end of an investigation, as the members of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit race to catch a killer near London Bridge Station in the rain, not realising that they’re about to cause a bizarre accident just yards away from the crime scene. And it will have repercussions for them all…
One year later, in an exclusive London crescent, a woman walks her dog – but she’s being watched. When she’s found dead, the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to investigate. Why? Because the method of death is odd, the gardens are locked, the killer had no way in - or out - and the dog has disappeared.
So a typical case for Bryant & May. But the hows and whys of the murder are not the only mysteries surrounding the dead woman - there's a missing husband and a lost nanny to puzzle over too. And it seems very like that the killer is preparing to strike again.
As Arthur Bryant delves in to the history of London’s ‘wild chambers’ - its extraordinary parks and gardens, John May and the rest of the team seem to have caused a national scandal. If no-one is safe then all of London’s open spaces must be closed…
With the PCU placed under house arrest, only Arthur Bryant remains at liberty – but can a hallucinating old codger catch the criminal and save the unit before it’s too late?