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Violence
Some
Several murders in a theater during wartime; some disturbing crime scenes
Language
Barely any
Literate British prose; mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological atmosphere of wartime London — death normalized, the city dissolving; the long shadow of an old case on a present-day detective
What this book is about
In two timelines — the present day and the London Blitz of 1940 — eccentric detectives Arthur Bryant and John May investigate a series of murders at the Palace Theatre during a wartime production. Fowler's debut for his beloved series captures the strangeness of London at war, the peculiarity of two very different minds working together, and the sense that some cases leave permanent marks on those who solve them.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Wartime murders in a London theater — atmospheric and sometimes disturbing
A framing device connecting past and present investigations
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