It’s the classic locked-room mystery—a member of the Peculiar Crimes Unit killed inside a sealed morgue populated only by the dead and to which only four PCU members had a key. To make matters worse, the Unit has been shut down for a forced “vacation,” and Bryant and May are stuck in a van in the Dartmoor countryside during a freak snowstorm. Now they’ll have to crack the case by cell phone while trying to stop a second murder without freezing to death. For among the line of trapped vehicles, a killer is on the prowl, a beautiful woman is on the run, and an innocent child is caught in the middle….
White Corridor: (Bryant & May Book 5)
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If you're searching for something really different in the overcrowded field of crime writing, then do yourself a favour and pick up a novel by Christopher Fowler. The author's Bryant and May series is proving to be one of the quirkiest and most ingenious pleasures to be found in the genre: atmospheric, sardonically funny and craftily suspenseful. Of course, this will come as no surprise to those who had discovered Fowler via his earlier writing in the horror and fantasy field (another genre in which he quickly distinguished himself from most of the competition). But there is no doubt that he has really found his métier with his recent books set in the Met's Peculiar Crimes unit. The Home Office is on the point of shutting this unorthodox unit down, when an important staff member is found dead in a sealed autopsy room. Suspects are numerous, and as a wintry Britain shivers, the brilliantly intuitive detective duo who are Fowler's protagonists are hors de combat where this particular investigation is concerned; on their way to a scientific convention, they have been snowed in after a blizzard in Devon. Can Bryant and May conduct their investigations from afar? However, this is not their only problem -- a psychotic killer is haunting the Dartmoor Road, with a homicidal shopping list.
This is quite delicious stuff, delivered with all the assurance we have come to expect from Fowler. As ever, his eccentric team of ageing detectives are one of the most original creations around, and the outrageously inventive plots that Fowler conjures are a match for the characterisation. If you're beginning to feel that the crime genre is running out of steam, the slightest acquaintance with one of Christopher Fowler's Bryant and May novels will quickly disabuse you of this notion --Barry Forshaw --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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"Quirky, touching, profound and utterly original...a gripping page-turner." (Peter James )
"Invests the traditions of the Golden Age of detective fiction with a tongue-in-cheek post-modernism. " (Evening Standard )
"Delicious stuff, delivered with all the assurance we have come to expect from Fowler." (Barry Forshaw amazon.co.uk )
"Slow burning, adroitly plotted, with a distinct atmosphere." (Guardian )
"Another triumph for the Peculiar Crimes Unit." (Independent on Sunday ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Invests the traditions of the Golden Age of detective fiction with a tongue-in-cheek post-modernism. " (Evening Standard )
"Delicious stuff, delivered with all the assurance we have come to expect from Fowler." (Barry Forshaw amazon.co.uk )
"Slow burning, adroitly plotted, with a distinct atmosphere." (Guardian )
"Another triumph for the Peculiar Crimes Unit." (Independent on Sunday ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Bryant and May series blend the nostalgia of the golden age mystery story with the darkness and horrific elements that have been an element of Christopher Fowler's previous books and short stories.
The plot is described above so I won't recap, but this novel contains the humour and great characterisation that is an integral part of the other books in the series. Fans of Bryant & May will love it, as will horror/suspense and mystery readers.
Another classic (probably my favourite so far)!
The plot is described above so I won't recap, but this novel contains the humour and great characterisation that is an integral part of the other books in the series. Fans of Bryant & May will love it, as will horror/suspense and mystery readers.
Another classic (probably my favourite so far)!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Nick Hackney
Format:Hardcover
"White Corridor" by Christopher Fowler carries the Bryant & May series to a further level. It is, of course, a page turner, and I found I had to put it down to avoid the disappointment of reading it all in one go. Two major crime themes are cleverly interwoven against the background of Bryant and May being away from London and their Peculiar Crimes Unit. It keeps the great English detective novel genre fully alive. I think these novels are destined to last and to be read for years. There are complex turns and surprises in the plots, and the clever use of the "White Corridor" both in the mind of the young french suspect, and the great snow that ensnares Bryant and May. Oh - just go ahead and get it and read it!
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Reviewed by Nick Hackney
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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'The White Corridor' is the latest instalment in the Bryant and May series following 'Full Dark House', 'The Water Room', 'Seventy-seven Clocks' and 'Ten Second Staircase.'
Following the successful capture of The Highwayman plans are still afoot to shut down the Peculiar Crimes Unit, and prevent any more embarrassing press coverage. Bryant and May set off for Devon to attend a Spiritualist Conference and have a well-earned break. Whilst they're on their way they get caught in severe weather conditions and back at the unit one of the team is murdered. DS Janet Longbright is acting Head of the department and has to use everything she has learned from the elderly detectives in order to exonerate the other officers at the unit.
'The White Corridor' is different to the other Bryant and May novels in that it does not take place in London, which for some readers might detract from it's appeal. It is worth persevering though, because this is a real cracker!
Bryant is his usual self; 'He's only alive because it's illegal to kill him'!
As usual, brilliant. If you haven't read the other Bryant and May novels, it might be better to start at the beginning, so that you really understand the characters.
Following the successful capture of The Highwayman plans are still afoot to shut down the Peculiar Crimes Unit, and prevent any more embarrassing press coverage. Bryant and May set off for Devon to attend a Spiritualist Conference and have a well-earned break. Whilst they're on their way they get caught in severe weather conditions and back at the unit one of the team is murdered. DS Janet Longbright is acting Head of the department and has to use everything she has learned from the elderly detectives in order to exonerate the other officers at the unit.
'The White Corridor' is different to the other Bryant and May novels in that it does not take place in London, which for some readers might detract from it's appeal. It is worth persevering though, because this is a real cracker!
Bryant is his usual self; 'He's only alive because it's illegal to kill him'!
As usual, brilliant. If you haven't read the other Bryant and May novels, it might be better to start at the beginning, so that you really understand the characters.
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Snow sleuths like 'em
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a good read
I enjoyed this book so much that I bought it for my mother for mothering sunday!
Published on 10 April 2009 by D. Cannon
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One of my favourite authors, so this review could be biased!
'The White Corridor' is the latest instalment in the Bryant and May series following 'Full Dark House', 'The Water Room', 'Seventy-seven Clocks' and 'Ten Second Staircase. Read more
Published on 13 July 2008 by Sarah Durston
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"White Corridor" by Christopher Fowler carries the Bryant & May series to a further level. It is, of course, a page turner, and I found I had to put it down to avoid the... Read more
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