Bryant & May: England's Finest: More Lost Cases From the Peculiar Crimes Unit is the second collection of short stories by Christopher Fowler. There is a corner in London that is prone to odd accidents, a missing reindeer (display, not real), footsteps, and a possible connection with Dracula ... just another fun collection of crimes and mysteries solved but these two most unusual detectives. Be sure to read the brief history of the PCU at the start!

In World War I the main means of communication was a letter, letters which could be censored, letters which could take weeks or even months to reach their destination. For an interesting (and sometimes sad and/or frustrating) look at that war read Dear Miss Kopp, by Amy Stewart, one of the Kopp Sisters novels. One has worked hard to provide the pigeons that could carry messages for the troops, only to be thwarted by someone higher up, and male. One is traveling to entertain the troops and is arrested one night by the Moral Police while walking home after dark. With a soldier. (He said he had volunteered to see her safely home, but he was sent on his way and she was taken into custody). When meds go missing at the Field Hospital where the third sister is a nurse, it's the nurses that are accused of the theft. These stories are all as historically accurate as possible, don't miss the author's notes.

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