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The Water Room [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Christopher Fowler (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 517 pages
  • Publisher: Magna Large Print Books; Large Print edition edition (15 April 2009)
  • ISBN-10: 0750529806
  • ISBN-13: 978-0750529808
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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When an elderly lady is found inside her own house with her lungs full of river water, London's Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to search for a logical solution. But the property's next tenant is plagued by mysterious damp patches and the sound of rushing water, and Arthur Bryant decides to divert the investigation into strange new territory. Meanwhile, his partner John May finds himself in hot water when he sets out to save the reputation of an academic whose arcane knowledge of London's forgotten underground rivers looks set to destroy his career. The geriatric detectives soon discover that in a city full of the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something for which a desperate murderer is willing to kill again. Pooling their information to investigate hitherto undiscovered secrets of the city, Bryant & May make some sinister connections. With the death-toll climbing and the unit facing an uncertain future, the nation's oddest investigators prepare to face madness, greed and revenge armed only with their wits, alcohol and boiled sweets in a mystery that goes to the heart of every London home... --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Originally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her lungs are full of river water. It falls to the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by London's longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, to search for something resembling a logical solution.

Their initial investigations draw a blank and Bryant's attention is diverted into strange and arcane new territory, while May finds himself in hot water when he attempts to save the reputation of an academic whose knowledge of the city's forgotten underground rivers looks set to ruin his career. In the meantime, the new owner of Number 5 is increasingly unsettled by the damp in the basement of her home, the particularly resilient spiders and the ghostly sound of rushing water . . .

Pooling their information to investigate hitherto undiscovered secrets of the city, Bryant and May make some sinister connections and realize that, in a London filled with the rich, the poor and the dispossessed, there's still something a desperate individual is willing to kill for - and kill again to protect. With the PCU facing an uncertain future, the death toll mounts and two of British fiction's most enigmatic detectives must face madness, greed and revenge, armed only with their wits, their own idiosyncratic practices and a plentiful supply of boiled sweets, in a wickedly sinuous mystery that goes to the heart of every London home. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Book with Hidden Depths!, 21 Feb 2005
By J. S. Bundy (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Water Room (Hardcover)
Bryant and May's second outing is even better than their first in Full Dark House.

We have swapped the intricacies of theatre architecture for the underworld passages that carry London's lost rivers under the capital. The action is set against an exceedingly wet London autumn and as with other of Christopher Fowler's books the detailed descriptions of the city that he loves shines through, at times his imagery is almost on a par with Peter Ackroyd.

The narrative twists and turns like the rivers he is describing and never fails to surprise and delight.

As exceedingly enjoyable book that can only herald more outings of the Met's strangest duo!

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Even paced, slow burn mystery, 18 April 2006
By BikeMan (Reading, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Water Room (Paperback)
The latest of the Bryant and May novels brings a nice mix of modern and ancient London.

The ongoing partnership between the 2 main characters (Bryant a rule breaker, lateral thinker and a forgetful mind - May a steady hand concerned with following protocol) eases us gently into a new story with all the depth and intrigue of "Full Dark House".

A modern London street with all its neighbours and domestic quarrels is set against a slow discovery of the original waterways of old London town. The story develops steadily and purposefully with an ending that is hard to guess.

My only minor niggle - is that it is a bit too slow for me. Maybe my attention span approaches that of Arthur Bryant ?
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bryant & May are back !, 11 Nov 2005
By Mrs. J. A. Quinn "jac66" (UK) - See all my reviews
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Interesting, intriguing, intelligent - just what we'd expect from Christopher Fowler. Enjoy !
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