Ben Aaronovitch‘s fifth Peter Grant novel, FOXGLOVE SUMMER, has been selected as BücherTreff readers’ choice best fantasy novel of 2015! Published in Germany as FINGERHUT-SOMMER by DTV, here’s the synopsis…

Schwarzer Humor trifft auf schwarze Magie

Obwohl sich Police Constable Peter Grant schon unwohl fühlt, wenn er Londons Skyline auch nur ein paar Kilometer weit hinter sich lässt, wird er jetzt in die tiefste Provinz geschickt: in einen kleinen Ort in Herefordshire – wo sich Fuchs, Hase und der Dorfpolizist Gute Nacht sagen. Aber es werden zwei Kinder vermisst, und ihr Verschwinden erfolgte womöglich unter magischen Umständen. Also muss Peter notgedrungen sein angestammtes Biotop verlassen. Mit der Flusstochter Beverley Brook begibt er sich mutig nach Westen, hinein ins ländliche England…

DTV have also published the first four books in the series.

FOXGLOVE SUMMER is published in the UK by Gollancz, in the US by DAW Books, and in France by J’ai Lu. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London – to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can’t take the London out of the copper.

Travelling west with Beverley Brook, Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And what’s more all the shops are closed by 4pm…

The six book in the series, THE HANGING TREE, is due to be published in the UK by Gollancz (July) and in the US by DAW Books (August).