Whispers Underground

Ben Aaronovitch

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Miscellaneous
16 January 2024

Crime & Mystery; Fantasy; Fantasy

Series: Rivers of London

My name is Peter Grant, police officer, apprentice wizard and well dressed man about town. I work for ECD9, otherwise known as the Folly, and to the Murder Investigation Team as 'oh god not them again.' But even their governor, the arch sceptic and professional northerner DCI Seawoll, knows that sometimes, when things go bump in the night, they have to call us in.

Which was why I found myself in an underground station at five o'clock, looking at the body of James Gallagher, US citizen and Arts Student. How did he avoid the underground's ubiquitous CCTV to reach his final destination, and why is the ceramic shard he was stabbed with so strongly magical?

As the case took me into the labyrinth of conduits, tunnels and abandoned bomb shelters that lay beneath the streets I realised that London below might just be as complicated and inhabited as London above.

And worse, James Gallagher's father is a US senator, so the next thing I know, I've got Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds of the FBI ""liaising"" with the investigation and asking awkward questions. Such as 'just what are you guys hiding down here' and 'how did you conjure that light out thin air?'

By: Ben Aaronovitch
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781625676177
ISBN 10: 1625676174
Series: Rivers of London
Pages: 374
Publication Date: 16 January 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.