Our story begins at the end of an investigation, as the members of London''s Peculiar Crimes Unit race to catch a killer near London Bridge Station in the rain, not realising that they-re about to cause a bizarre accident just yards away from the crime scene. And it will have repercussions for them all-
One year later, in an exclusive London crescent, a woman walks her dog - but she-s being watched. When she-s found dead, the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to investigate. Why? Because the method of death is odd, the gardens are locked, the killer had no way in - or out - and the dog has disappeared.
So a typical case for Bryant & May. But the hows and whys of the murder are not the only mysteries surrounding the dead woman - there''s a missing husband and a lost nanny to puzzle over too. And it seems very like that the killer is preparing to strike again.
As Arthur Bryant delves in to the history of London-s -wild chambers- - its extraordinary parks and gardens, John May
