The Invisible Code: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

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The Invisible Code: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

Londonâ€™s craftiest and boldest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back in this deviously twisting mystery of black magic, madness, and secrets hidden in plain sight.
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When a young woman is found dead in the pews of St. Brideâ€™s Churchâ€”alone and showing no apparent signs of traumaâ€”Arthur Bryant assumes thisÂ case will go to the Peculiar Crimes Unit, an eccentric team tasked with solving Londonâ€™s most puzzling murders. Yet the city police take over the investigation, and the PCU is given an even more baffling and bewitching assignment.
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Called into headquarters by Oskar Kasavian, the head of Home Office security, Bryant and May are shocked to hear that their longtime adversary now desperately needs their help. Oskarâ€™s wife, Sabira, has been acting strangely for weeksâ€”succumbing to violent mood swings, claiming an evil presence is bringing her harmâ€”and Oskar wants the PCU to find out why. And if thereâ€™s any duo that can deduce the method behind her madness, itâ€™s the indomitable Bryant and May.
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When a second bizarre death reveals a surprising link between the two womenâ€™s cases, Bryant and May set off on a trail of clues from the notorious Bedlam hospital to historic Bletchley Park. And as they are drawn into a world of encrypted codes and symbols, concealed rooms and high-society clubs, they must work quickly to catch a killer who lurks even closer than they think.
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Witty, suspenseful, and ingeniously plotted, The Invisible Code is Christopher Fowler at the very top of his form.

Praise for The Invisible Code
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â€œDelightful . . . priceless dialogue . . . Fowlerâ€™s small but ardent American following deserves to get much larger. . . . The Invisible Code has immense charm. . . . Fowler creates a fine blend of vivid descriptions, . . . quick thinking and artful understatement. . . . Best of all are the two main characters, particularly Bryant, whose fine British stodginess is matched perfectly by the agility of his crime-solving mind.â€â€”Janet Maslin, The New York Times
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â€œExcellent . . . In the light of the challenges that Fowler has given his heroes in prior books, itâ€™s particularly impressive that he manages to surpass himself once again.â€â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Praise for the ingenious novels featuring the Peculiar Crimes Unit
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â€œWitty, charming, intelligent, wonderfully atmospheric and enthusiastically plotted.â€â€”The Times (UK)
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â€œA series of narratives that exert an Ancient Marinerâ€“like grip on the reader . . . Christopher Fowler is something of a British national treasure.â€â€”Crime Time
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â€œQuirky, ingenious and quite brilliant . . . If you havenâ€™t indulged you are really missing out. . . . Wonderful, gently humorous stuff, so clever.â€â€”The Bookseller
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â€œA brilliant series of impossible crime novels.â€â€”The Denver Post
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â€œGrumpy Old Men does CSI with a twist of Dickens! Bryant and May are hilarious. I love this series.â€â€”Karen Marie Moning
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â€œAn example of what Christopher Fowler does so well, which is to merge the old values with the new valuesâ€”reassuring, solid, English, and traditional. Heâ€™s giving us two for the price of one here.â€â€”Lee Child

Country	USA
Author	Christopher Fowler
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780345528650
ISBN	0345528654
Label	Bantam
Manufacturer	Bantam
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2013-12-17
Publisher	Bantam
ReleaseDate	2013-12-17
Studio	Bantam

The Invisible Code: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery

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