This was excellent! I loved all the London history. I loved Foxglove and Molly dancing in the moonlight. I loved the foxes. The main characters are well established now and the narrator was excellent.

Volume 7 of the Peter Grant series.This time they manage to wrap up the case of the faceless man.Also Molly is experiencing some happiness, what I really liked, and Peter's personal circumstances take a new development.Altogether I am looking forward to the next volume with anticipation, which will be published in 2020.

[9/10] I looked to the west just in time for an entire bloody Roman legion to come jogging into view. Rank after rank, by the cohort and the numbers, but with no standard raised – no eagle.The smell of blood rolled off them and, weirdly, olive oil.They came to a halt in a clatter of iron.'F_ck me,' I said. 'I'm in an episode of Game of Thrones.' ... or some deleted scene from 'The Lord of the Rings.' Congrats for being promoted to detective, Peter, and for being always ready with the hip pop-c...

Move over Newt Scamander, there's a new wizard in town! With better plots that actually make sense and not just load of over-egging codswallop!Sorry, I was still a bit carried away with the Crimes of Grindelwald movie. I thank thee, Ben Aaronovitch, for keeping my faith in urban fantasy and their wizards. Peter Grant is still my man, he is a solid character that's skillful, dedicated and dependable. Boring? Not a chance. Peter, as his colleagues and guvs always said, had a penchant for situation...

at this point ben aaronovitch could publish a book of photocopies of his bare arse and i'd give it five stars. regardless of that this book fucking ruled

So, this was a rather fast one and no matter how hard I tried to read it slower, it didn't work (though not like recently I'm a very fast reader, to be honest....). Names, names, places, history, architecture, the pack is full and maybe even fuller than in last two books. L. is back and Mr Punch as well - I'm not spoiling, it's on the blurb! - and I had to confess I kind of... missed him? O.o I guess I'm going to reread the first book soon just because of that... O.oAnyways, fun fun, and I crave...

The Post in Which I Muse on Audio Versions of BooksStop reading the paper copy and give listening a go. You will likely not believe me; you will tell me that you hate audio books, that you lose track, fall asleep, and are 100% unable to pay attention. I believe you; until this series, you could have counted my attempts at audio books on one hand, as I suffered many of the same complaints. When I listened to Harry Potter while driving, I found myself getting sleepy. If I listened while cooking, I...

Londinium Calling!“and I – live by the river!”His best so far? Maybe, but I’m biased, I love these books, they are to me as cheeseburgers to a fat guy. Wait – I’m a fat guy and I LOVE cheeseburgers! * Note to self about getting lost in a metaphor. And cheeseburgers.Fans of Ben Aaronovitch’s wildly popular and fun as a barrel of monkeys urban fantasy series about DETECTIVE constable Peter Grant who is also an apprentice wizard have been waiting since 2016 for this novel – and I hate waiting so i...

Re-Read 9/5/21:Lesley, Lesley, Lesley, Lesley.Need I say more?A real page-turner!Original Review:Coming back to Peter Grant is always a super-huge breath of fresh air. Every time I pick up one of these books, I know I'm going to be blown away by hugely interesting details, a very tongue-in-cheek Deputy-Constable's wry humor, and a richly imagined and described London.Oh, yeah, and Peter's a wizard. Working as a cop.Always under the bureaucratic nightmare, wishing things hadn't gone so bad with h...

This book follows The Hanging Tree (Peter Grant, #6) (my review) and ends (maybe?) The Faceless Man #2 story arc. In the process it advances the teeming multitude of long-term series plots, including the important Lesley May plot-line while creating more. I frankly found this book to be too much a tangled spaghetti of plots and characters to be truly enjoyable.I’ve been a long-term fan of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London. I typically listen to them on audiobook, although I have read severa...

My greatest concern after finishing Lies Sleeping is that it may be the final book in the series. After all it does conclude the story of The Faceless Man which has continued over the last several books. It also leaves Lesley and Peter in ways that could be seen as conclusive, where the reader can be left to imagine how they will go on in the future. It is a fun book with all of the regulars turning up to play their parts. Molly finds a new friend, Mr Punch shows up and is taken in hand by his d...

This is one of my all-time favourite series – and this installment was eagerly awaited and did not disappoint, as usual. There is just something charming and compulsive about this series that makes me very happy.I won’t write about the plot so much, because doing so invariably would spoil the books that came before (and what twists and turns there were) except to say that I found the way the story went and how some parts wrapped up highly satisfying. I know that there is a novella coming out in

4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2018/11/08/...I’ve made it no secret that I love Peter Grant/Rivers of London, and right now, it’s easily one of my favorite urban fantasy series. But for the last few books, our characters have been floundering in their hunt for the Faceless Man, the main baddie who has been a constant thorn in the Met’s side since the very beginning, and I was starting to worry that the lack of progress might soon be blowing up in all our faces. Lucki...

My favorite Peter Grant so far. “When you’re police, an interesting lie can be as useful as the truth. Sometimes more so.”“We seem to be sitting around waiting for the next fucking disaster,” he said, which went into the official log as—DCI Seawoll felt that our operational posture was too reactive.“None of this was real. But I’ve learned that just because something isn’t real doesn’t mean it’s not important.”

Another great installment in this excellent series. One small caveat though. I enjoyed it while I was reading it, but now that I'm not reading it anymore, I'm having some trouble recalling the scattered sequence of events. The plot and mystery are fairly clear-cut, as is the ending, but the way in which the investigation is moved along from one point to another is... hard to recall... for some reason. Or maybe I'm just getting old and my recall reserve is quickly dwindling.* * * * *REREAD: April...

In this seventh episode of the excellent 'Rivers of London' series, PC Peter Grant, apprentice Wizard is now involved in a joint operation between the Met and the Folly to catch Martin Chorley (aka 'The Faceless Man') who has been involved in numerous murders and crimes. However, Chorley is planning his most ambitious crime which will change London as we know it forever. Peter and the task force need to work out what he is up to fast, but Chorley is the master of setting false trails to throw th...

Ah, that went by way too fast.If you're already a fan of the series, you won't be disappointed. And my, how our Peter's growing up, but without losing any of his self-deprecating irony. If you're not a fan yet, be apprised that Aaronovitch wrote for years for Doctor Who, and it very gloriously shows. You'll want to start with book #1, Rivers of London. Snag an audio copy if you can, because the audios are amazing.slideshow disclaimer: neither Banksy nor the helmet amulet figure in the book....

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.Another strong installment in the Rivers of London series. The battles with the dark side are becoming more and more frequent, now that we know the Faceless Man and see more of his plans. But this one takes some even twistier twists and turnier turns and ends up in a place I didn't really expect.I had grown tired of this series after book 4, and took a VERY long break. In fact, I hadn't entirely p...