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Ben Aaronovitch's bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series • “The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” —io9 • 2015 Locus Recommended Reading for Fantasy When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved. It’s purely routine—Nightingale, Peter’s superior, thinks he’ll be done in less than a day. But Peter’s never been one to walk away from someone in trouble, so when nothing overtly magical turns up he volunteers his services to the local police, who need all the help they can get. But because the universe likes a joke as much as the next sadistic megalomaniac, Peter soon comes to realize that dark secrets underlie the picturesque fields and villages of the countryside and there might just be work for Britain’s most junior wizard after all. Soon Peter’s in a vicious race against time, in a world where the boundaries between reality and fairy have never been less clear....
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The best of the series so far. I like the author's pop culture references blended into an action-packed magical police procedural. I also read the first issue of the comic book series just out. It looks to be equally entertaining.
Best one yet
This one is all about Peter. I know all the stories are but this one is more about him. You feel for him and can understand the pain he feels after being betrayed. His relationship with Beverly has blossomed. The story has just the right amount of romance. Not much time is spent on it but enough that informs you of his and others thinking.
I liked the invention of the magic detectors and expanding the world to include another practitioner, the bee lady and learning more about Molly. a weird and complicated mystery.
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9 primary books25 released booksRivers of London is a 25-book series with 9 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Ben Aaronovitch and Christine Blum.