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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Barnett

Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler has died aged 69

Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler.
‘All fun things have to come to an end’ … Bryant & May novelist Christopher Fowler. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Christopher Fowler, author of the Bryant & May series of detective novels, has died at the age of 69, having been diagnosed with cancer three years ago.

Fowler was best known for his Bryant & May thrillers, featuring the veteran detectives solving unusual crimes in London from the second world war to the present day. The series began with Full Dark House in 2003, and 17 more novels followed, most recently London Bridge Is Falling Down, published in 2021. A further book exploring the London of the characters, Bryant & May’s Peculiar London, came out last year.

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