This April, Argo is due to publish the fourth book in Ben Aaronovitch‘s bestselling Peter Grant series, BROKEN HOMES! Released in Czech as PROKLETÉ DOMOVY, here’s the synopsis…

Začíná to jako obvykle – mrtvolou. Ale kdo v tom má tentokrát prsty? Běžný sériový vrah, nebo společník zvráceného kouzelníka známého pod přezdívkou Muž bez tváře? Než se policejní konstábl Peter Grant v novém případu zorientuje, pod soupravu metra vkročí londýnský urbanista a zmizí jistý starobylý grimoár. V Londýně nic neobvyklého. Ale pak se k Peterovi donesou zvěsti o prazvláštních událostech v oblasti Elephant and Castle točících se kolem věžáku navrženého bláznem, postaveného šarlatány a obývaného těmi největšími zoufalci. Mají tyto skutečnosti nějakou spojitost? A pokud ano, proč k nim proboha muselo dojít až na jižním břehu Temže, kde jindy chcípnul pes? Promiň Toby.

The novel is published by Gollancz in the UK, and DAW Books in the US. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil — an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial killer?

Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case, a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load.

So far so London.

But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate.

Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?

A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a dash of the supernatural.

But, wait: there’s more! Below you can see the cover for the new Czech edition of FOXGLOVE SUMMER: ZÁLUDNÉ LÉTO! This will be published later this year, and we’ll share more information (synopsis, release date, etc.) as soon as we have it. Argo has already published the first three novels in the series: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO and WHISPERS UNDERGROUND.