Body and soul-they’re also what Peter will risk as he investigates a pattern of similar deaths in and around Soho. The notes of the old jazz standard are rising from the body-a sure sign that something about the man’s death was not at all natural but instead supernatural. That’s what London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho’s 606 Club. One of my most recommended novels!”- The Crime Review “A crime novel as funny as it is exciting, with loads of history and incredibly detailed police procedure packed in.

Now, as a wave of brutal and bizarre murders engulfs the city, Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals and a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic. Peter’s ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police.

Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London's tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North! And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now.Midnight Riot (Peter Grant #1) AKA Rivers of London The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace - only that's what happened. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES There is a world hidden underneath this great city.

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