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by Christopher Fowler


  CHRISTOPHER FOWLER is the award-winning author of more than forty novels (fifteen of which feature the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit) and short story collections. The recipient of many awards, including the coveted CWA ‘Dagger in the Library’, Chris has also written screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio plays and two critically acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy and Film Freak. His most recent publication is The Book of Forgotten Authors, drawn from his ‘Invisible Ink’ columns in the Independent on Sunday. Christopher Fowler lives in King’s Cross, London, and Barcelona.

  To find out more, visit www.christopherfowler.co.uk or on Twitter @Peculiar

  Also by Christopher Fowler,

  featuring Bryant & May

  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

  BRYANT & MAY – THE BURNING MAN

  BRYANT & MAY – STRANGE TIDE

  BRYANT & MAY – WILD CHAMBER

  Short Stories

  BRYANT & MAY – LONDON’S GLORY

  Memoir

  PAPERBOY

  FILM FREAK

  For more information on Christopher Fowler and his books,

  see his website at www.christopherfowler.co.uk

  Facebook: christopherrobertfowler

  Twitter: Peculiar

  TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS

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  Transworld is part of the Penguin Random House group of companies whose addresses can be found at global.penguinrandomhouse.com

  First published in Great Britain in 2018 by Doubleday

  an imprint of Transworld Publishers

  Copyright © Christopher Fowler 2018

  Cover illustration by Max Schindler

  Cover design by Beci Kelly/TW

  Christopher Fowler has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.

  This book is a work of fiction and, except in the case of historical fact, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  Every effort has been made to obtain the necessary permissions with reference to copyright material, both illustrative and quoted. We apologize for any omissions in this respect and will be pleased to make the appropriate acknowledgements in any future edition.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  Version 1.0 Epub ISBN 9781473526204

  ISBN 9780857523440

  This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.

  1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2

  11 Happy Together

  fn1 As recounted in Full Dark House

  40 Voodoo Child

  fn1 Arthur Bryant would later manage to burn down the unit at Mornington Crescent just by ‘staying home’.

  Table of Contents

  About the Book

  Contents

  Title Page

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Dramatis Personae

  1. Get Back

  2. Concrete and Clay

  3. Yellow Submarine

  4. We Can Work It Out

  5. Hello, Goodbye

  6. 20th Century Man

  7. Les Bicyclettes De Belsize

  8. Magical Mystery Tour

  9. House of the Rising Sun

  10. Stay Awhile

  11. Happy Together

  12. A House Is Not a Home

  13. With a Little Help from My Friends

  14. Paperback Writer

  15. I Heard It through the Grapevine

  16. Reach Out I’ll be There

  17. Twist and Shout

  18. Suspicious Minds

  19. The Girl with the Sun in Her Hair

  20. Purple Haze

  21. Point of no Return

  22. Bits and Pieces

  23. Let It Bleed

  24. Born Under a Bad Sign

  25. Do You Want to Know a Secret?

  26. You’re no Good

  27. All Along the Watchtower

  28. Albatross

  29. People Are Strange

  30. Walking in the Rain

  31. Dazed and Confused

  32. Hippy Hippy Shake

  33. Pretty Woman

  34. I Can’t Explain

  35. Turn! Turn! Turn!

  36. A Hard Day’s Night

  37. Something in the Air

  38. Step in Time

  39. Happiness Is a Warm Gun

  40. Voodoo Child

  41. Revolution

  42. Chain of Fools

  43. Cards on the Table

  44. Nowhere Man

  45. I Fought the Law

  46. Yesterday

  47. Communication Breakdown

  48. Runaway

  49. Hello, Goodbye

  50. All You Need Is Love

  A Q & A with the Author

  Acknowledgements

  About the Author

  Also by Christopher Fowler

  Copyright

 

 

 


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