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Wild Chamber

Wild Chamber

CrimeMystery
Pages
416
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

When a woman is found strangled inside a locked private London garden, the eccentric detectives of the Peculiar Crimes Unit are called to investigate. With no signs of forced entry and the victim's dog missing, Arthur Bryant and John May must solve a bizarre puzzle that soon leads to a second murder in a public park. As political pressure mounts to close the city's green spaces, the aging detectives must race to catch a clever killer before their unorthodox unit is shut down for good.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

FunnyAtmospheric
Locked RoomFound Family

Genres

Crime Mystery Police Procedural

About the author

C
Christopher Fowler

Christopher Fowler would make a good serial killer. He's charming and English and lives in a white penthouse with a view of St Paul’s Cathedral, and you'd think butter wouldn't melt in his mouth until you read his dark urban fiction — 17 novels and over 120 short stories so far. His œuvre divides into black comedy, horror, mystery, the odd revolting death and a set of novels unclassifiable enough to have publishers tearing their hair out. Emerging from a film industry background, he has come p...