Ten-Second Staircase
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Ten-Second Staircase by Christopher Fowler
A controversial artist is found dead in her own art installation inside a riverside gallery with locked doors and windows - the only witness is a small boy who insists the murderer was a masked man on a horse. A television presenter is struck by lightning while indoors... Two seemingly impossible crimes that only Arthur Bryant and John May of the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit might be able to solve. But Bryant has lost his nerve following a disastrous public appearance, and May is fighting to keep the unit from closure. Worse still, the case of the Leicester Square Vampire, an unsolved mystery from the past that changed both their lives, has returned to haunt them. With a sinister modern-day highwayman bringing terror to the London streets in a series of crimes each more puzzling than the last, the elderly detectives track their suspect to an exclusive private school and a deprived housing estate. But just when they need all the help they can get to uncover a new breed of criminal, the highwayman is hailed a national hero, and the public turns against them... Bryant & May are back on the case in an adventure that explores the dark side of celebrity, the conflicts of youth, age and class, and the peculiar myths of old London.
Genuinely witty and original..madly entertaining. Fowler is in exuberant form here...the suspense is thrilling * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW *
Places Fowler in the first rank of contemporary mystery writers * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
Places Fowler in the first rank of contemporary mystery writers * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *
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.
| SKU | CIN0553817205G |
| ISBN 13 | 9780553817201 |
| ISBN 10 | 0553817205 |
| Title | Ten-Second Staircase |
| Author | Christopher Fowler |
| Series | Bryant And May |
| Condition | Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-07-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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