02225cam a2200337 i 4500 417716110 TxAuBib 20200219120000.0 190823s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019034750 9780525485827 0525485821 (OCoLC)1089281135 TxAuBib rda Fowler, Christopher. Bryant & May.. Peculiar Crime Unit BOOK 16 : the lonely hour / Christopher Fowler. First U.S. edition. New York : Bantam Books, [2019] 429 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When a man is found hanging upside down inside a willow tree on Hampstead Heath, surrounded by a baffling assortment of occult objects, the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to investigate. Was this a botched Satanic ritual pulled off by bored teenagers, a gang initiation, or the work of a mastermind with grander intentions? Bryant and May set off for answers and soon discover that London is a city steeped in blood and magic. When another body is pulled from the river in the early morning light, it becomes clear that a killer lurks in the night. To catch him, the PCU switches to graveyard shifts, but the team still comes up short. As they explore a night city where the normal rules do not apply, they're drawn deeper into a case that involves murder, arson, kidnapping, blackmail, loneliness, and bats. May takes a technological approach, while Bryant goes in search of academics and misfits for help, for this is becoming an investigation that reveals impossibilities at every turn. How do you stop a killer who appears not to exist? Luckily, impossibilities are what the Peculiar Crimes Unit does best"-- Publisher's description. 20200219. Bryant, Arthur (Fictitious character) Fiction. May, John (Fictitious character) Fiction. Police England London Fiction. Detective and Mystery stories. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.