Well, *I* enjoy his books, or I wouldn't be throwing a temper tantrum over the new one being pushed back. THey're a series, and you have to read them in order. Where are you located? In some parts of the world, the first book in the series is called "Rivers of London" and in other parts it's called "Midnight Riot". Very confusing, but they quit renaming them after the first one. In order, they are:
Rivers of London/Midnight Riot Moon Over Soho Whispers Under Ground Broken Homes Foxglove Summer The Hanging Tree (not out yet, wahhhhhh!)
If you read on a digital device, you can get a sample of the first book sent to your Kindle, iBooks or Kobo app, and read that for free. And his dead tree books are available at libraries, depending on where you live.
What are they about? Probationary Police Constable Peter Grant and his friend Probationary PC Lesley May are just about to become real London police officers. Lesley is considered a very promising prospect, but Peter is destined to file paperwork with the Case Progression Unit. Until one night on duty he witnesses a murder and interviews a suspect who turns out to be a ghost. He and Lesley get dragged into London's supernatural underworld kicking and screaming, so to speak, and meet Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who's a wizard and solves supernatural cases. He's also about 100 years old and has been aging in reverse for the past few decades.
That's the premise of the first book, whatever it's called, and it's good stuff, in my humble opinion. It's very much set in a modern London of high property prices, lattes, mobile phones, etc, it just happens to have magic in it. Peter is a fun narrator, also a person of colour (his mother is an office cleaner from Sierra Leone, and his father is a white jazz musician who was on the verge of big fame before he got hooked on heroin and his career went sideways). Lesley is a FABULOUS character, not just the hot sidekick, but actually in some ways a better copper than Peter himself.
Peter's a bit of a dreamer, a bit likely to run off on tangents. He's not incompetent, but just because he's the main character doesn't make him perfect, either as a person or a copper. And Nightingale is also fabulous, not at all a Dumbledore imitation, but his own character. He never wanted wizarding apprentices and is still suffering from PTSD from the Second World War, but he does his best to be a good teacher. There's more, but if I tell you any more I'll ruin the plot for you.
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Re: what's going on with Ben Aaronovitch
Date: 2015-11-11 08:36 pm (UTC)Rivers of London/Midnight Riot
Moon Over Soho
Whispers Under Ground
Broken Homes
Foxglove Summer
The Hanging Tree (not out yet, wahhhhhh!)
If you read on a digital device, you can get a sample of the first book sent to your Kindle, iBooks or Kobo app, and read that for free. And his dead tree books are available at libraries, depending on where you live.
What are they about? Probationary Police Constable Peter Grant and his friend Probationary PC Lesley May are just about to become real London police officers. Lesley is considered a very promising prospect, but Peter is destined to file paperwork with the Case Progression Unit. Until one night on duty he witnesses a murder and interviews a suspect who turns out to be a ghost. He and Lesley get dragged into London's supernatural underworld kicking and screaming, so to speak, and meet Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who's a wizard and solves supernatural cases. He's also about 100 years old and has been aging in reverse for the past few decades.
That's the premise of the first book, whatever it's called, and it's good stuff, in my humble opinion. It's very much set in a modern London of high property prices, lattes, mobile phones, etc, it just happens to have magic in it. Peter is a fun narrator, also a person of colour (his mother is an office cleaner from Sierra Leone, and his father is a white jazz musician who was on the verge of big fame before he got hooked on heroin and his career went sideways). Lesley is a FABULOUS character, not just the hot sidekick, but actually in some ways a better copper than Peter himself.
Peter's a bit of a dreamer, a bit likely to run off on tangents. He's not incompetent, but just because he's the main character doesn't make him perfect, either as a person or a copper. And Nightingale is also fabulous, not at all a Dumbledore imitation, but his own character. He never wanted wizarding apprentices and is still suffering from PTSD from the Second World War, but he does his best to be a good teacher. There's more, but if I tell you any more I'll ruin the plot for you.
P.S. Great icon!