This is my first "Peculiar Crimes Unit" mystery. Fowler has four in this series so far and is working on another one. "Bryant & May on the Loose" finds the two modern-day Holmes and Watson clones casting about to restart their disbanded police department special unit which has fallen to the budget ax. The old partners are not doing well in retirement and when May is called out to the scene of a beheadded body in the Kings Cross district, he jumps at the chance to bring back his old unit.
As someone who has not read one of Fowler's May and Bryant series before I did get a bit confused about some of the characters and police protocol, but I found myself absorbed in the details of London ancient lore, the history of different districts and buildings and the like.
I will definitely pick up the next in this series and go back to see what I missed with the first few books in this series.
Fans of British police procedurals and those who enjoyed the antics of Sherlock Holmes and his associates will get a kick out of this mystery. Same is true for those who enjoy reading about London, its history and lore.
Liz Nichols
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