Peculiar Crimes Unit The Victoria Vanishes, Book 6, (Paperback)

from Dorritt

Where has this series been all my life? The writing is witty, the characters eccentric without being preposterous, the mystery engaging, the historical context fascinating - heck, even the cover makes me smile! Definitely geared towards readers who prefer their mysteries eccentric (without ever v...

from BrianEWilliams

I was disappointed in this book. Others in the series were much better and one should not judge the series by this one book, although it may be the last of the series. The plot was OK but lacked the sparkle of others in the series. Even the usually eccentric characters were mundane.

from alana_leigh

The Victoria Vanishes is the sixth book in a series that fall under the "Bryant & May" series title that focuses on the Peculiar Crimes Unit. I was charmed by our two main characters, Arthur Bryant and John May -- gentlemen detectives of a certain era, one of whom certainly merits the designation...

from adpaton

I used to love Christopher Fowler's works - and I still do, just not as much as when he included the supernatural. I first met Bryant and May in Rune and loved them in Darkest Day; Soho Black and Disturbia were also good although lacking in the occult atmosphere of the first two. The Peculiar Cri...

from mstrust

The agents of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit are investigating the sudden death of a middle-aged woman in a local pub when a second middle-aged woman dies in another pub, then a third. There are too many similarities for them to be unrelated, but lead investigators Bryant and May can't see how the...