“I gave the prescribed Metropolitan Police “first greeting”. “Oi!” I said, “What do you think you’re doing?” ― Ben Aaronovitch, Midnight Riot “’Conflict resolution,’ said Nightingale, ‘Is this what they teach at Hendon these days?’ ‘Yes, sir,’ I said. ‘But don’t worry, they also teach us how to be...
Peter Grant is a probationary constable who dreams of becoming a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. This plan gets sidetracked when he comes face-to-face (or should I say face-to-specter?) with a 19th century ghost claiming to be a witness to a grisly murder in Covent Garden. Grant soon come...
A young London police officer assigned to guard a crime scene finds himself taking a statement from a ghost. This starts a chain of events that lead him to join a secret adjunct to the London police that deal with matters related to magic and supernatural creatures. The plot involves a series of vio...
Read this over the christmas and new year break. Liked it a lot. Police procedural crossed with urban fantasy. I prefer the Britsh cover and title. No idea why they need to change it for US market.
For some reason, this book took me an unreasonable time to finish. It isn't that I didn't like it, but I also can't say that I loved it. It hit a lot of my buttons - set in London, urban fantasy, interesting world-building, police procedural with fantasy elements. For all of that, though, I'm stil...
Peter Grant is my new favorite fictional cop. His smart-ass voice, bumbling policing, and attempted scientific approach to magic won me over as completely as the fully realized world he inhabits. I’ve already put the next book in the series on my TBR list. I highly recommend this in the audiobook ...
Very good urban fantasy mystery set in London about a young police constable who becomes the apprentice of the one-man magical department and is caught up in a swirl of ghosts, theater, murder, and revenge. It took me a bit to get immersed in the first-person Britishness, but once I did I was hooked...
This is strictly a guilty pleasure but a good one. Nothing but entertainment. When the blurb said: "like Harry Potter joined the coppers," I cringed, but I got over it. Sometimes (always?) the admen are idiots. A nice romp about riots and revenants and the supernatural wing of Scotland Yard.
I really enjoyed reading this: fun, funny urban fantasy with engaging characters and a strong sense of place. Not being a big fan of series these days, I’m not rushing out to grab the sequel, but probably will read it at some point.Midnight Riot (aka Rivers of London) is set in contemporary London, ...
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.
Log in with Facebook 
