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2024

Title:	Rivers of London / Ben Aaronovitch.
Author:	Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964- author.
Format:	Book
Edition:	10th anniversary edition. Paperback edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., 2024.
Description:	347 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Summary:	"Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. 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. 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. 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."--from Amazon.com.
Series:	Rivers of London ; book 1 Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964- Rivers of London novel ; bk. 1.
Subjects:	Grant, Peter (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Police -- England -- London -- Fiction. Wizards -- England -- London -- Fiction. Magic -- Fiction. Good and evil -- Fiction.
Genre:	Fantasy fiction. Paranormal fiction. Detective and mystery fiction.
Other Title:	Midnight riot.
Notes:	"Originally published in 2011 (original) and 2021 (anniversary edition) by Gollancz in the UK and in 2011 as Midnight riot by Del Rey in the US."--Title page verso.
ISBN:	9781625676153 1625676158
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Born and raised in London, Ben Aaronovitch worked as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who and Casualty before the inspiration for his own series of books struck him whilst working as a bookseller in Waterstones Covent Garden. Ben Aaronovitch’ s unique novels are the culmination of his experience of writing about the emergency services and the supernatural. - (Independent Publishing Group)

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