Bryant and May: Wild Chamber
Christopher Fowler
448 p.
Christopher Fowler
448 p.
The gang
at London’s Peculiar Crimes Unit is still fighting to keep their credibility, not
to mention their jobs. This time out the story is a bit less convoluted than
usual. I did guess the murderous culprit
this time, if not the exact motive. The story focuses on several murders in
London parks that all seem to revolve around an apparently accidental, traffic-related
death. We still get plenty of Fowler’s trademark juicy historical facts, and the
usual snarky humor abounds. This time out, delightful codger (and very senior
detective) Arthur Bryant has taken to using obsolete insults, especially when
dealing with long-suffering boss Raymond Land. Bryant’s been “studying archaic
slang to improve the strength of his invective”. My favorite is lack-linen dumbsquint [Mid-eighteenth
century, sexual]. Anyway, this series continues to keep me laughing out loud.
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