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Center Point Large Print
New York, New York This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
All rights reserved. Copyright © 2008 by Christopher Fowler Bantam Books is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fowler, Christopher. The Victoria vanishes / Christopher Fowler. p. cm.
elSBN: 978-0-553-90513-7 1. May, John (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Bryant, Arthur (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Detectives—England—London—Fiction. 4. Bars (Drinking establishments)—Fiction. 5. London (England)— Fiction. 6. Serial murderers—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6056.O846W38 2005 823'.914—dc22 2007049681 www.bantamdell.com "It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety." —Thomas de Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater THE VICTORIA VANISHES PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT 1b Camden Rd London NW1 0JP DUTY ROSTER FOR MONDAY 26th FEBRUARY Raymond Land, Acting Unit Chief Arthur Bryant, Senior Detective John May, Senior Detective Janice Longbright, Detective Sergeant Dan Banbury, Crime Scene Manager/ Information Technology Giles Kershaw, Forensics / Pathology Meera Mangeshkar, Detective Constable Colin Bimsley, Detective Constable April May, Office Manager / Liaison PLEASE NOTE THAT THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSING AT 4:00 P.M.
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