Books by Ben Aaronovitch
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review 1: Fourth in this charming series about a biracial London constable who is advancing in his Wizarding career but dealing with the same predictable institutional bureaucracy in a snarky British fashion that has just the right level of wit to make me his friend and supporter through e...
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review 1: Part police procedural, part supernatural thriller, and part love letter to London this is a hilarious murder mystery from Ben Aaronovitch. Peter Grant is an aspiring London policeman when he discovers that the case he is working on involves magic and ghosts. This leads to him jo...
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review 1: I randomly picked this from the library shelf, and was at first really confused by the terms and storyline. (also maybe because I started in the middle of a series). Halfway in, and I still did not get what was going on, many characters and names were introduced, and I had a hard...
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review 1: Peter takes us out of London for a change, investigating the possible abduction, in mysterious circumstances, of 2 school girls. I really don't know what it is that makes these stories so entertaining : I struggle to put my finger on it when I want to write about them, and yet th...
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review 1: More like 3.5 stars. Maybe it's because it took me a little while to read this, but I struggled to keep track of the plot in this book, which, admittedly, is not the most coherent to begin with. Aaronovitch's strength is in character, particularly Peter Grant, his protagonist, wh...
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review 1: With everything going on in my life, I had a hard time reading this. I would read just before bed and ended up re-reading parts to keep track of things. I need to go back to the last book to see what happened to Lesley's face because I don't remember and Ben doesn't say much mo...
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review 1: I picked this up because of a recommendation I saw in a Discworld forum. Based on the cover and title, it's something I would have simply ignored had I come across it in a bookstore or library. Neither suggests the clever and mostly lighthearted story between the covers. It is a ...
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review 1: When I read this it was titled Rivers of London, but coming to Goodreads, I discover that's the title of the graphic novel. Confusing! However; this book under any title is just wonderful. Ignore the marketing bylines - Rivers/Midnight is rather more Harry Dresden than Harry Pott...
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review 1: Fast paced following the life of PC Grant working his patch in Soho. It gives a vibe that it could be set in the 40s With it's dark clubs and Jazz musicians and where the police have a pint while working, all in the line of duty of course. Yet it's very present day with it's iPod...
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review 1: I had hoped to come across such a book as this since reading the Harry Potter books, I will try not to give too much away. An apprentice wizard with the police force and his adventures. Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings are linked within the adventure, I think I would have g...