by Ben Aaronovitch
Although an interesting diversion in the Rivers of London series, this story suffers from the lack of any Peter Grant at all. I liked his German counterpart, but he just didn't have Peter's sass. Sam Peter Jackson's narration was excellent, but this might have been better for me in the text versi...
So about the time that the one German Magic Practitioner hears that Nightengale has taken on an apprentice in Peter Grant, she decides that it's time for Germany to do the same -- keeping the playing field level, and all -- she finds that apprentice in a second generation police officer, Tobias Wint...
"The October Man" is a fresh, fun novella that I hope is the start of a new series of German "Rivers" books. "The October Man" novella breathes new life into the "Rivers Of London" universe by taking us to Trier in Germany where Tobias Winter, broadly the counterpart of Peter Grant is investigatin...
Please note that I received this via NetGalley. This did not affect my reviews or rating. So this was pretty cool. Instead of following Peter or Nightingale (why???) we follow another magic practitioner named Tobias Winter. Tobias is the equivalent to our Peter Grant in England, only Tobias opera...