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 Darkest Day - Christopher Fowler
Description: ISBN 0751507652 / Author: Christopher Fowler / Genre: Horror / When one of the guests at London's Savoy Hotel, where Jerry Gates works, ... more  Darkest Day - Christopher Fowler ... dies in bizarre circumstances, she finds herself drawn into a nightmare world of blackmail, violence and ritual murder. She has stumbled into a conspiracy involving rare art, computers and a secret occult society.Newest Review: ... members seem to be getting killed, regardless of anything Bryant and May can do about it. It seems no-one knows who is ... more ... killing them and no-one can work out why. Even the family themselves can’t, or won’t, give the detectives any indication that may help them solve the crime, even to save themselves.
The basis of the story is a very interesting idea. While it may not be wildly original in generic terms, the specific parts are very nicely done. The murders themselves are frequently a nice touch and often quite novel and the reason behind the mystery, when it becomes known, is not something I’ve ever seen elsewhere. Couple this with Fowl...more |
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Darkest Day - Christopher Fowler: Fear of the Dark (846 words)
by IainWear - written on 14/05/05 (Very useful, 74 readings)
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Last year's release of Christopher Fowler's "Full Dark House" brought his recurring characters, elderly police detectives Bryant and May, back to the forefront of his writing. With another four Bryant and May novels planned as his next releases, one of which is already available in hardback, and another due later this year, the thought took me back to their first novel in a "starring" role, the now twelve year old "Darkest Day". Jerry Gates is from a successful London family. Much to their disgust, particularly her mother's, she has taken a job as a receptionist at London's Savoy Hotel. She's quite enjoying her job, until a ...
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