Publisher's Synopsis
"An assured move into crime and mystery by the acclaimed dark horror writer." BOOKSELLER "...witty, charasmatic, occasionally touching and with the genuine power to thrill." JOANNE HARRIS Arthur Bryant and John May are London's longest-serving detectives. When a bomb claims Bryant's life, it ends a partnership that has lasted for over half a century. Desperately searching for clues to the killer's identity, May becomes convinced that the answer is to be found in their very first case together. It was in London, during the Blitz, and it all began when a beautiful dancer in a steamy new production of "Orpheus in the Underworld" was found without her feet...And it was an investigation that would plunge Bryant and May into a bizarre gothic mystery.
