The Furthest Station

This is the shortest novella in the series, so far, and it makes quite pleasant reading, giving the characters some more exercise and taking Abigail slightly further through her teens. It feels rather perfunctory and you could skip it without missing anything important; but, if you like the series as a whole, I don't see any particular reason to skip it.

Nervous readers can be reassured that nothing unpleasant happens to any of the regular characters in the course of it.

It features two events of some slight significance to the series: The young river god Chess appears, and (at the end of the story) Nightingale and Peter decide that it's time for Abigail to start learning magic at last—although it's in [b:Lies Sleeping|36534574|Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)|Ben Aaronovitch|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1517326409l/36534574._SY75_.jpg|58260751] that she actually starts.

The plot involves an unresolved mystery: A member of the public is kidnapped, and we never find out why.