The burning man /
by Fowler, Christopher [author.]; Goodman, Tim [narrator.].
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SoundSeries: Bryant & May: Publisher: Rearsby : Clipper Audio, 2015Description: 11 CDs (780 min.) : digital, stereo.ISBN: 9781471294105 (CDs) :.Classification number: Subject(s): Bryant, Arthur (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | May, John (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Police -- England -- London -- Fiction | Detective and mystery stories | AudiobooksNarrated by Tim Goodman.Summary: 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 are so mysteriously chosen that the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to find a way of stopping him. Using their network of eccentric contacts, elderly detectives Arthur Bryant and John May hunt down a murderer who adopts incendiary methods of execution. But they soon find their investigation taking an apocalyptic turn as the case comes to involve the history of mob rule, corruption, rebellion, punishment and the legend of Guy Fawkes.
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Bootle Library | Spoken word Adult fiction | Checked out | 28/10/2024 | 002914152X |
Narrated by Tim Goodman.
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 are so mysteriously chosen that the Peculiar Crimes Unit is called in to find a way of stopping him. Using their network of eccentric contacts, elderly detectives Arthur Bryant and John May hunt down a murderer who adopts incendiary methods of execution. But they soon find their investigation taking an apocalyptic turn as the case comes to involve the history of mob rule, corruption, rebellion, punishment and the legend of Guy Fawkes.
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