Many of you know that I enjoy history, architecture, social geography, culture, beer, and a damned good mystery.

Christopher Fowler’s “Bryant and May” series of books (six in total) are all set in London — or near as — and deal with all of those topics. Damned good stuff.

The latest — The Victoria Vanishes — is out now and features much discussion and details of pubs in London. I’ve not yet read it (or the previous title, White Corridor), and that will have to wait until October when I pick it up at Humdrumming Logistics Central [aka: “Trudi’s house”].

For those of you who know some pubs in the area, or have read about them, or want to know / read about them, head to this post on his blog all about the pubs he was fascinated by when writing the book: The Victoria Vanishes.

Even if you care nothing for beer, or for mysteries, or for London, it’s a fascinating bit of writing, and something that you wouldn’t think of initially when someone says ‘we must preserve the people’s heritage’, is it? Goes to show, eh?

LATER EDIT: added link to the post I’m babbling about. DOH!

LATER LATER EDIT: adjusted link to reflect new URL