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In "Bryant & May in the Field," a woman is found with her throat slashed in a snowy park, yet the killer managed to escape without leaving any footprints.

Christopher Fowler is acclaimed as a "new master of the classical detective story" (Denver Post).

First appeared as a short story in Astounding Magazine, 1926.

An unidentified space ship lands in a Colorado lake. Equipped with a paralyzing ray weapon, the creatures begin taking human prisoners.

Bors felt as if he'd been hit over the head. This was ridiculous!

Joe had helped launch the first Space Platform--that initial rung in man's ladder to the stars.

The novel concerns the first interstellar flight, financed by making it into a television show.

When the blue plague appeared on the planet of Dara, fear struck nearby worlds. The fear led to a hate that threatened the lives of millions and endangered the Galactic peace.

A controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence--it's business as usual for the Peculiar Crimes Unit's partners.

Returning to the Victoria Cross pub hours after witnessing the murder of a woman, Detective Arthur Bryant is stunned to discover that the pub itself has vanished and the street around it has myster

The erstwhile members of the Peculiar Crimes Unit are left out in the cold when the unit is shut down, but then a beheading prompts their recall.

Arthur Bryant, John May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are on the trail of an enigma: a young man called Mr Fox.

John May and Arthur Bryant are immersed in a case as bizarre as anything they've encountered during their storied careers.

Two small children are playing a game called "Witch-Hunter". They place a curse on a young woman taking lunch in a church courtyard and wait for her to die.