It might be cliche to say a mystery started on a dark and stormy night, but in The Case of the Pretty Lady, one of the Inspector David Graham Mystery novels by Alison Golden and Grace Dagnall, that's exactly what happened. There is a hurricane, after which the body of a missing scientist washes up on shore. He was involved in some controversial studies of marine life that may (or may not) have affected the local fishing industry. Needless to say, it's not going over very well. Add to this the conflict with French fishermen. And those divers .... just what are they looking for? Good read, fun characters.

Here it is, the last Peculiar Crimes Unit book by Christopher Fowler: London Bridge is Falling Down. The PCU has been closed down. Again. For good. Except ... if they can claim an open case, that might extend the deadline. Looking for anything they investigate the death 'by natural causes' of an elderly woman. However they find no food in the apartment, not in the refrigerator, not in the cupboards. There is no phone of any kind. No radio. No pens or pencils. No shoes. Then a connection between the victim and Arthur Bryant is found. And other bodies start to pile up. What do they all have in common? And why now? As always, a good read with interesting bits of history tossed in. I will miss the PCU, but this was a good ending.

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