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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Bantam Dell Pub Group
Publication date
May 31, 2005
Pages
465
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780553587142
ISBN-10
0553587145
Dimensions
1 by 4 by 6.75 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$6.99
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in their first case together, which involved a steamy theater production in Blitz London. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler tells the story of both their first and last caseâand how along the way the unlikely pair of crime fighters changed the face of detection.
A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For his partner John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half-a-century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer's identity, May finds his old friend's notes of their very first case and becomes convinced that the past has returned...with a killing vengeance.
It begins when a dancer in a risque new production of Orpheus in Hell is found without her feet. Suddenly, the young detectives are plunged in a bizarre gothic mystery that will push them to their limitsâand beyond. For in a city shaken by war, a faceless killer is stalking London's theaters, creating his own kind of sinister drama. And it will take Arthur Bryant's unorthodox techniques and John May's dogged police work to catch a criminal whose ability to escape detection seems almost supernatural--a murderer who even decades later seems to have claimed the life of one of them...and is ready to claim the other.
Filled with startling twists, unforgettable characters, and a mystery that will keep you guessing, Full Dark House is a witty, heartbreaking, and all-too-human thriller about the hunt for an inhuman killer.
From the Hardcover edition.
A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For his partner John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half-a-century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer's identity, May finds his old friend's notes of their very first case and becomes convinced that the past has returned...with a killing vengeance.
It begins when a dancer in a risque new production of Orpheus in Hell is found without her feet. Suddenly, the young detectives are plunged in a bizarre gothic mystery that will push them to their limitsâand beyond. For in a city shaken by war, a faceless killer is stalking London's theaters, creating his own kind of sinister drama. And it will take Arthur Bryant's unorthodox techniques and John May's dogged police work to catch a criminal whose ability to escape detection seems almost supernatural--a murderer who even decades later seems to have claimed the life of one of them...and is ready to claim the other.
Filled with startling twists, unforgettable characters, and a mystery that will keep you guessing, Full Dark House is a witty, heartbreaking, and all-too-human thriller about the hunt for an inhuman killer.
From the Hardcover edition.
Editions
Hardcover
from Bantam Dell Pub Group (June 1, 2004)
9780553803877 | details & prices | 356 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $24.00
About: When a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in his first case together with his partner.
About: When a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in his first case together with his partner.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Bantam Dell Pub Group (September 30, 2008)
9780553385533 | details & prices | 356 pages | 5.50 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.00
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Bantam Dell Pub Group (May 31, 2005)
9780553587142 | details & prices | 465 pages | 4.00 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $6.99
About: When a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in their first case together, which involved a steamy theater production in Blitz London.
About: When a bomb claims the life of John May's detective partner of more than half a century, May becomes convinced that the key to the killer's identity lies in their first case together, which involved a steamy theater production in Blitz London.
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