Whispers Underground
Ratings115
Average rating4.1
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Ratings115
Average rating4.1
Peter Grant is learning magic fast. And its just as well - he's already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesn't even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. And then there's his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn't his fault, but still.
Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. And delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met's Economic and Specialist Crime Unit 9, aka 'The Folly'. Time to call in PC Peter Grant, Britains Last Wizard.
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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.
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I'm re-reading the series. I particularly enjoyed the introduction to Abigail.I read a book about whats under the city of London[b:London Under: The Secret History Beneath the Streets 10783451 London Under The Secret History Beneath the Streets Peter Ackroyd https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1520511181l/10783451.SX50.jpg 15695572] (non-fiction) so I had heard about the fake buildings to allow smoke to get out of the tube when it used steam trains.As someone who grew up in the middle of Wisconsin, I laughed with Agent Reynolds when Peter expressed concern about her ability to travel in the snow. I think the terrible storm amounted to 3-4 inches which would have been an ordinary winter Tuesday where I grew up.
I enjoyed the first book, a bit rough in places, but Aaronovitch is really hitting his stride with this one. I originally wondered about Peter's parallels with Harry Dresden - detective/police procedurals, urban magic, a smart-talking main character, locations existing as magic personified, both being a love letter to the city in which they are set. But I like the direction of these stories and they are definitely not derivative. Peter's story is a very human one, I love how the author weaves commentary in and out of the narrative, and I love the way it reminds me of time I spent in London, albeit too brief.
Another fun read in a series that I'm beginning to really like The unexpected Tolkien references had me laughing out loud.
