Peculiar Crimes Unit Bryant & May and the Burning Man, Book 12, (Hardcover)

from aumbre

What makes this book and the others in the series is the intensely verbal descriptions for not only the characters, but also the surroundings. One is easily able to picture the building/offices of the PCU. The characterization of each member of the PCU is excellent. There is also the continuing c...

from StanSki

Arthur Bryant and John May are at the heart of the City of London "Peculiar Crimes Unit". Unfortunately, Bryant is ill, and his involvement in the solution is changed, and May, not having his trusted sidekick at his side almost makes a terrible error. This is my first Bryant and May novel, so I m...

from Beamis12

London is burning. Protestors flock the streets, protesting insider trading and other bank malfeasance. Under the cover of these protests a murderer is killing what seems at first to be random people, one a day in the week leading up to Guy Fawkes Day. The case is turned over to the peculiar crim...

from JJbooklvr

This is book 12 in the long running series. I have to confess it is the first one I have read. I normally won't knowingly jump into a series this late, but have wondered about this one for quite awhile now. Not having read the previous books I can't say how this one stands up to the rest. For me ...

from KMT01

Since I had not read any other books in the series, I was enthralled by the characters and their unique crime solving in this one. However, as a newbie, I would have liked more back story, but managed to muddle through with the little that is given, as actions and words all lend meaning to the st...