Derek
What Charlie Stross has done for the spy genre in the Laundry Files, Ben Aaronovitch is doing for the police procedural. There's a similarity between the two series, but their styles are quite different.
I wish I hadn't started Aaronovitch's series with this book—I'm missing a lot of back-story, but you don't really need it, it would just have been nice to have. This was the first one that my library had, though.
I'll definitely be looking for more.
ETA: 6 years later I have STILL not found any of his other novels!
What Charlie Stross has done for the spy genre in the Laundry Files, Ben Aaronovitch is doing for the police procedural. There's a similarity between the two series, but their styles are quite different.
I wish I hadn't started Aaronovitch's series with this book—I'm missing a lot of back-story, but you don't really need it, it would just have been nice to have. This was the first one that my library had, though.
I'll definitely be looking for more.
ETA: 6 years later I have STILL not found any of his other novels!