Ben Aaronovitch
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The Masquerades of Spring
Reviewed on 16th September 2024
A fascinating prequel to the Rivers of London series in which we visit prohibition-era New York, see the Nightingale in full action, and learn quite a lot of history too.
Winter's Gifts
Reviewed on 16th July 2023
For a novella, this feels suspiciously long. It’s not as big as Aaronovitch’s full-length novels in this series, but with 200 densely printed pages, I’ve certainly read shorter novels by other authors.
Body Work
Reviewed on 1st June 2022
I’m not typically one for graphic novels - but after reading the latest Rivers of London novel I finally decided that I was missing out on story by not consuming this format too, and so started here at the beginning.
Amongst Our Weapons
Reviewed on 7th May 2022
Rivers of London 9 sees Peter and his surprisingly large group of friends now investigating some suspicious deaths and rings.
Tales from the Folly
Reviewed on 30th May 2021
The first tale is short and is a tie-in for the 2012 Olympics. It doesn’t seem a huge contribution to the series but is a welcome refresher of the style and a nice trip into the world.
What Abigail Did That Summer
Reviewed on 17th April 2021
This Rivers of London novella is set a good few years ago, and it was a bit of a mental leap for me to place it correctly in the timeline of the stories, as well as the timeline of the real world. Abigail is the cousin of usual main character Peter Grant, and for this story we join her and her friends as she investigates mysterious goings on around Hampstead Heath.
False Value
Reviewed on 22nd March 2020
The eight full-length novel in the Peter Grant / Rivers of London series is happily back in the territory of the stand-alone adventure, after the previous novel’s slightly confusing attempt to wrap up some ongoing plot threads. We meet Peter, recently having left the police, as he begins a new job as a security guard for a high tech business in London.