Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
Bryant and May: Book #11
- By: Christopher Fowler
- Narrated by: Tim Goodman
- Length: 12 hours 32 minutes
Description
London's wiliest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back on the case in this fiendishly clever new mystery. And when a cemetery becomes the scene of a crime, neither secrets-nor bodies-stay buried. Romain Curtis sneaks into St. George's Gardens one evening with his date, planning to show her the stars. A centuries-old burial ground, the small, quiet park is the perfect place to be alone. Yet the night takes a chilling turn when the two teenagers spy a strange figure rising from among the tombstones: a corpse emerging from the grave. Suffice it to say that wherever there's a dead man walking, Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are never far behind. As the PCU investigates the sighting, a second urgent matter requires their unusual brand of problem-solving. Seven ravens have gone missing from their historic home in the Tower of London, and legend has it that when the ravens disappear, England will fall. Bryant has been tasked with recovering the lost birds, but when Romain is suddenly found dead, the two seemingly separate mysteries start to intertwine and point to a plot more sinister than anyone could ever imagine.
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Bryant and May Series

Full Dark House
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler tells the story of both the first and last case of an unlikely pair of crime fighters --and how along the way they 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... Read more »
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The Water Room
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 14 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Best-selling author Christopher Fowler has won a widespread following for his senior-citizen detectives Arthur Bryant and John May. Here a woman is found drowned in her basement-with nary a drop of water to explain the crime. "Traditional mystery buffs with a taste for the offbeat will relish British author Fowler's wonderful ... contemporary... Read more »
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Seventy-Seven Clocks
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 15 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
British sensation author Christopher Fowler pens bestselling crime novels that draw readers into the investigations of Arthur Bryant and John May of Scotland Yard's Peculiar Crimes Unit. Here, an aging attorney becomes the first victim in a series of poisonings that may be the work of a family of cultists. ". a twisty thriller, full of action... Read more »
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Seventy-Seven Clocks
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: TBA
Abridged: No
The odd couple of detection - the brilliant but cranky Arthur Bryant and John May of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit - return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing right to the end. This time the detectives are up against a series of bizarre murders that defy human understanding - and a killer no human hand may be able to... Read more »
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Ten-Second Staircase
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 13 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
An artist is found dead in a gallery with locked doors and windows. A television presenter is struck by lightning while indoors. Two seemingly impossible crimes that only Arthur Bryant and John May of the Met's Peculiar Crimes Unit might be able to solve. But Bryant has lost his nerve and May is fighting to keep the unit from closure. Worse... Read more »
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White Corridor
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 10 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
The unthinkable has happened at London's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In the depths of winter, a member of staff has been found murdered, and everyone who works there is suddenly a suspect. But Arthur Bryant and John May, the eccentric elderly detectives who run London's strangest crime division, aren't on hand to solve the crime. They've ventured into... Read more »
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The Victoria Vanishes
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
One night, Arthur Bryant witnesses a drunken lady coming out of a pub. The next morning, she is found dead at the exact spot where their paths crossed. Even more disturbingly, the pub has vanished and the street has changed. Bryant is convinced that he saw them as they looked over a century before - is elderly detective losing his mind? Then it... Read more »
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Bryant & May on the Loose
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 11 hours 2 minutes
Abridged: No
Long regarded as an anachronism, the Peculiar Crimes Unit is to be disbanded. For octogenarian detectives Arthur Bryant and John May, it seems retirement is now the only option. But then a headless body is found in a freezer, and a suspicious, gigantic figure has been spotted – dressed in deerskin and sporting antlers made of knives. It looks... Read more »
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Bryant & May Off the Rails
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 10 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Arthur Bryant, John May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit are on the trail of an enigma: Mr Fox. His identity is false, and his links to society are invisible. Their search takes them into the vast labyrinth of the Underground, a subterranean world full of legends and ghost stations. Edging closer to what lies beneath the city, are Bryant and May ... Read more »
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Bryant & May off the Rails
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 10 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
Internationally best-selling author Christopher Fowler dazzles audiences with his mastery of impossible-crime mysteries-and with the exploits of his beloved, odd-couple detectives Arthur Bryant and John May. Here, the eccentric investigators delve into London's lore-infused subway to catch a killer. "Fowler has few peers when it comes to... Read more »
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Bryant & May and the Memory of Blood
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 11 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
The death of a child and what seems to be a murderous puppet make a perfect case for Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit. As John May and his team interrogate the suspects, Arthur Bryant heads into the secret world of illusions and stagecraft. As a second impossible death occurs, the detectives uncover forgotten museums and London... Read more »
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Bryant & May and the Bleeding Heart
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 12 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
London's wiliest detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, are back on the case in this fiendishly clever new mystery. And when a cemetery becomes the scene of a crime, neither secrets-nor bodies-stay buried. Romain Curtis sneaks into St. George's Gardens one evening with his date, planning to show her the stars. A centuries-old burial ground, the... Read more »
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Bryant & May and the Burning Man
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 13 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
London is under siege. A banking scandal has filled the city with violent protests, and as the anger in the streets detonates, a young homeless man burns to death after being caught in the crossfire between rioters and the police. But all is not as it seems; an opportunistic killer is using the chaos to exact revenge, but his intended victims... Read more »
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Bryant & May: Strange Tide
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 15 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
London's most brilliant but unconventional detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, must plumb the depths of a particularly murky mystery. The Peculiar Crimes Unit faces its most baffling case yet-and if Bryant and May can't rise to the challenge, the entire unit may go under. Near the Tower of London, along the River Thames, the body of a woman... Read more »
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Oranges and Lemons
By: Christopher Fowler
Narrated by: Tim Goodman
Length: 15 hours 43 minutes
Abridged: No
One Sunday morning, the outspoken Speaker of the House of Commons steps out of his front door only to be crushed under a mountain of citrus fruit. Bizarre accident or something more sinister? The government needs to know because here's a man whose knowledge of parliament’s biggest secret could put the future of the government at stake. It... Read more »
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