Bryant & May - London's Glory: (Short Stories) (Bryant & May Collection) (30 page)

How to Cook Bats

Take My Wife, Please: Negotiation Techniques in Abduction Cases

NB. Some of the above titles are real.

I blame Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for this book’s existence. He mentioned a number of his consulting detective’s missing cases in the pages of the Sherlock Holmes stories, and these were later explored in more detail by his son Adrian Conan Doyle and co-writer John Dickson Carr in
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
. Over the years a number of Bryant & May investigations have been mentioned in passing but not unearthed, and it seemed like the perfect time to look into them.

I can’t quite remember whose idea it actually was, but between the unholy triumvirate of my editor Simon Taylor and my agents Mandy Little and James Wills (or possibly even me), the idea was born and is here in your hands. Easing it into print were Kate Samano, Lynsey Dalladay and Sophie Christopher. I’d also like to thank the book clubs, bloggers, librarians and booksellers who have supported me over the years – you know who you are. Let me know if you’d like to see more cases at
www.christopherfowler.co.uk
.

Christopher Fowler
is the award-winning author of more than forty novels – including twelve featuring the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit – and short-story collections. The recipient of the coveted CWA ‘Dagger in the Library’ Award for 2015, his most recent book is the Ballard-esque thriller
The Sand Men
. Other works include screenplays, video games, graphic novels and audio plays. His weekly column ‘Invisible Ink’ runs in the
Independent on Sunday
. He lives in King’s Cross, London, and Barcelona.

FULL DARK HOUSE

THE WATER ROOM

SEVENTY-SEVEN CLOCKS

TEN-SECOND STAIRCASE

WHITE CORRIDOR

THE VICTORIA VANISHES

BRYANT & MAY ON THE LOOSE

BRYANT & MAY OFF THE RAILS

BRYANT & MAY AND THE MEMORY OF BLOOD

BRYANT & MAY AND THE INVISIBLE CODE

BRYANT & MAY: THE BLEEDING HEART

PAPERBOY: A MEMOIR

FILM FREAK

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