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When the London Met Crashes into Urban fantasy

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

May 24, 2020 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Like every Dresden Files fan, I’ve been flailing around for ages with the lack of new releases. And with the announcement that the next two books will be out later this year my impatience has not gotten better, but worse! So  I recently started hunting around for something to keep me occupied. And I ended up landing on Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant novels. I wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with these – I had read a sample of Rivers of London a few years ago, but I […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho, police procedural, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy, Whispers Under Ground

LittlePlat's CBR12 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho, police procedural, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy, Whispers Under Ground ·
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Is there such a thing as a jazz vampire?

February 21, 2015 by Malin 3 Comments

This is the second book in the books about DC Peter Grant and as such, this review may contain certain spoilers for book one, Rivers of London. That’s the book you want to start with. Something is killing jazz musicians in Soho. A promising jazz saxophonist, Cyrus Wilkinson, drops dead of an apparent heart attack after playing a gig. Doctor Walid suspects that something supernatural may have caused it and DC Grant can hear “Body and Soul” playing when he examines the body. Some investigation shows […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Audible, Ben Aaronovitch, CBR7, Malin, Moon Over Soho, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Rivers of London

Malin's CBR7 Review No:22 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Audible, Ben Aaronovitch, CBR7, Malin, Moon Over Soho, mystery, paranormal fantasy, Rivers of London ·
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