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THE HANGING TREE out today in the US!

Posted on Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Ben Aaronovitch‘s highly-anticipated sixth Peter Grant novel is out today in the US! Published by DAW Books, here’s the synopsis for THE HANGING TREE…

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of Police Constable Peter Grant or the Folly — London’s police department for supernatural cases — even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the flats of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But the daughter of Lady Ty, influential goddess of the Tyburn river, was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favor.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the houses, where the law is something bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean.

But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

THE HANGING TREE was published in the UK Gollancz, in November 2016. It is due out in Germany in May 2017, published by DTV.

‘Fans of Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant series will be delighted to discover that this latest instalment is just as good a the previous five… The pace is constant, strong and relentless throughout. Ben Aaronovitch is a master of metropolitan magical mayhem and the action is delightful. This is a tight thriller which is compelling and buckets of fun. If you already know the series, it’s high time you got re-acquainted.’ — Starburst

‘THE HANGING TREE is definitely one of the best in the Grant/Aaronovitch pantheon. There again, so have most of the previous books in the series and the odds are the next one probably will be too.’ — The Bookbag

‘Aaronovitch deftly balances urban fantasy with the police procedural. As for Grant, he’s a wonderful blend of laconic copper and, methodically researching how magic works, full-on nerd.’ — Crime Scene

WHISPERS UNDERGROUND next month in Taiwan!

Posted on Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

The third novel in Ben Aaronovitch‘s best-selling, critically-acclaimed Peter Grant series is due out in Taiwan next month! WHISPERS UNDERGROUND is due to be published as 地底城魔法暗湧 by 馬可孛羅文化事業.

The publisher has also released RIVERS OF LONDON (倫敦河惡靈騷動) and MOON OVER SOHO (蘇活月爵士魅影) in Taiwan.

The series is published in the UK by Gollancz, in the US by Del Rey (1-3) and DAW Books (4-6), as well as widely in translation. Here is the English-language synopsis for WHISPERS UNDERGROUND…

Interview with Ben Aaronovitch on Audible!

Posted on Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

As part of its Audible Sessions series of author interviews, you can get a free audiobook interview with best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch! The interview was conducted shortly before Ben’s latest novel, THE HANGING TREE, was published.

THE HANGING TREE is the sixth novel in the Peter Grant series. It is out now in the UK, published by Gollancz; it’s due to be published in the US by DAW Books on January 31st. Here’s the synopsis…

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of Police Constable Peter Grant or the Folly — London’s police department for supernatural cases — even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the flats of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But the daughter of Lady Ty, influential goddess of the Tyburn river, was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favor.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the houses, where the law is something bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean.

But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

All six of the Peter Grant series are available through Audible (UK and US). The novels are published in the UK by Gollancz and in the US by Del Rey (1-3) and DAW Books (4-6), as well as widely in translation.

Out today: RIVERS OF LONDON: BLACK MOULD #3

Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2016

Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel‘s third Rivers of London series hits the half-way mark, as BLACK MOULD #3 is out today! Published by Titan Comics, here’s the synopsis…

It creeps! It crawls! It ooooozes! Something dark and slimy is dripping through the walls of suburban London. Not usually a police matter but there’s something very weird about this mould. Police Constable Peter Grant and his unwilling partner, Sahra Guleed, soon find themselves knee deep in killer muck! Meanwhile, their boss, Thomas Nightingale, is preparing to do battle against a haunted ice cream van. Good times.

#3: Full-time cop and trainee wizard PC Peter Grant finds himself knee-deep in shiitake when a virulent and apparently sentient black mould begins to drive people mad and, very soon, Peter finds himself with no mushroom to manoeuvre.

The first two series — BODY WORK and NIGHT WITCH — have now been released as collected editions (print and digital), also published by Titan Comics.

RIVERS OF LONDON: BLACK MOULD is set between the fifth and sixth novels in the Peter Grant series: FOXGLOVE SUMMER and THE HANGING TREE. Both are published in the UK by Gollancz; FOXGLOVE SUMMER is out now in the US (DAW Books), Germany (DTV) and France (J’ai Lu); THE HANGING TREE is due out via the same publishers in 2017.

Ben Aaronovitch’s MOON OVER SOHO out now in Taiwan!

Posted on Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Ben Aaronovitch‘s MOON OVER SOHO, the second Peter Grant novel, is out now in Taiwan! Published by 馬可孛羅文化事業 as 蘇活月爵士魅影, here’s the synopsis…

蘇活區，倫敦夜晚最熱鬧的地方，同時也是爵士樂發展的中心。在那裡，你可以找到歷史悠久且風格各異的酒吧和俱樂部，樂手們全都嚮往登上此處的表演舞臺，演奏最道地動聽的音樂。

一具被判定為自然死亡的屍體上，彼得·葛蘭特聽見了經典爵士樂曲的魔法殘跡，經調查後發現，過去一段時間大倫敦地區每年至少有三名爵士音樂家在演出後二十四小時內死亡，很可能是有某個術士或鬼魂、精靈之類的存在，正有計畫地殺害倫敦的爵士樂人──幾天後，再次傳來某個長號手暴斃的噩耗。

棘手的死亡事件不只一樁，就在魔法爵士殺手再度犯案的當晚，一名中年男子陰莖遭割裂、失血過多死在俱樂部裡，英國最後一位巫師警官納丁格爾告訴彼得，這是「陰牙」造成的傷口，很可能是某種超自然生物所為。

這下子彼得可頭大了，一個以爵士樂手為目標的魔法殺手，與一個擁有傷人利齒的超自然生物，該從哪個方向展開調查才好？首先，彼得必須找尋爵士樂專家的幫助，而他心底已經有了最佳人選…

馬可孛羅文化事業 also published RIVERS OF LONDON, as 倫敦河惡靈騷動.

MOON OVER SOHO is published in the UK by Gollancz, and in the US by Del Rey Books, and has been published widely in translation. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

I was my dad’s vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea, and that’s how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it’s why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording. Cyrus Wilkinson, part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant, had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig in a Soho jazz club. He wasn’t the first.

No one was going to let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune, so it was back to old-fashioned legwork, starting in Soho, the heart of the scene. I didn’t trust the lovely Simone, Cyrus’ ex-lover, professional jazz kitten and as inviting as a Rubens’ portrait, but I needed her help: there were monsters stalking Soho, creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness, failure and broken lives.

And as I hunted them, my investigation got tangled up in another story: a brilliant trumpet player, Richard ‘Lord’ Grant — my father — who managed to destroy his own career, twice. That’s the thing about policing: most of the time you’re doing it to maintain public order. Occasionally you’re doing it for justice. And maybe once in a career, you’re doing it for revenge.

‘Enormous storytelling gusto… exhilarating and emotionally affecting…’ — SF Reviews

‘The excitement and entertainment hasn’t stopped in the slightest… this book once again blew my mind, and kept me reading well into the late night/early morning. You needn’t pick up RIVERS OF LONDON, Aaronovitch’s first in this series, but you’d regret it by the time you got to the end of MOON OVER SOHO and found out how good it was.’ — Fantasy Book Review

‘As funny as it is fantastic… [The plot] hops along happily to a toe-tapping time signature, with a sweet solo here and an awesome cacophony of noise there… vast amounts of fun…’ — Speculative Scotsman

‘MOON OVER SOHO is a gripping continuation of RIVER OF LONDON’s well executed blend of police-procedural and fantasy with a good splash of horror thrown in. This is urban fantasy done with a loving attention to detail and enlivened by an ever present wit making this series a must-read for anyone who likes their fantasy with a strong edge of realism.’ — SF Book Reviews

‘A fantastic follow-up to MIDNIGHT RIOT. Aaronovitch does a great job of bringing even minor characters to life. One of Grant’s fellow cops, Leslie, plays a minor role throughout the story – but her involvement is an emotional cornerstone that brings a surprisingly bittersweet element into play… MOON OVER SOHO is an excellent addition to the paranormal police genre.’ — Examiner

‘MOON OVER SOHO is very good. Ben Aaronovitch continues the successful formula of RIVERS OF LONDON in bringing to the surface the endearing minutae of a city that he clearly adores. He also demonstrates the “real world” problems of a ritual magician trying to have some sort of ‘normal’ life… Grant continues to observe his world(s) in a detached way – a narrative voice that lends itself well to dry humor (and fits less neatly with the book’s few over-the-top action scenes). Mr. Aaronovitch is, in short, writing the best contemporary occult detective series on the shelf today, and that’s by a substantial margin.’ — Pornokitsch

NIGHT WITCH Arrives in Bookstores!

Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016

The collected edition of RIVERS OF LONDON: NIGHT WITCH arrives in bookstores today! The second comic series set in Ben Aaronovitch‘s Peter Grant series, it is published by Titan Comics. Here’s the synopsis…

Press-ganged into helping a Russian oligarch hunt his missing daughter, PC Peter Grant and his boss, Thomas Nightingale, London’s only wizarding cops, find themselves caught up in a battle between Russian gunmen, a monstrous forest creature — and their nemesis: The Faceless Man. But as Grant and Nightingale close in on the missing girl, they discover that nothing about this case is what it seems!

The collection is also available digitally, from your regular e-comics retailers.

NIGHT WITCH is set between the novels FOXGLOVE SUMMER and the recently-published THE HANGING TREE, both of which are published in the UK by Gollancz, and DAW Books in the US. The third Rivers of London comic series, BLACK MOULD, is currently being published on a monthly basis.

The six Peter Grant novels (to date) have all been published in the UK by Gollancz, in Germany by DTV, and in the US by Del Rey (1-3) and DAW Books (4-6). The series has also been published widely in translation.

Ben Aaronovitch’s THE HANGING TREE out now on MP3 CD!

Posted on Thursday, December 8th, 2016

Ben Aaronovitch‘s best-selling, critically-acclaimed THE HANGING TREE is out today on MP3 CD! Published by Gollancz, and read by the brilliant Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, here’s the synopsis…

The sixth outing for PC Peter Grant sees him back in London and facing up to the terrifying legacy of London’s hangings.

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty’s daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

THE HANGING TREE is the sixth novel in Ben’s best-selling Peter Grant series. Gollancz has published the entire series to date in the UK: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES and FOXGLOVE SUMMER.

THE HANGING TREE is due to be published in the US by DAW Books in January 2017.

Titan Comics has published three comic mini-series: BODY WORK, NIGHT WITCH and the currently-ongoing BLACK MOULD.

New Simplified Germany Edition of RIVERS OF LONDON

Posted on Monday, November 28th, 2016

A new edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s critically-acclaimed, best-selling RIVERS OF LONDON is available in Germany. Published by Spaß am Lesen Verlag, DIE FLÜSSE VON LONDON is presented in a simplified German for younger readers. Here’s the synopsis…

Ein grausiger Mord, mitten in London. Am Tatort macht der junge Polizist Peter Grant eine Entdeckung. Der einzige Zeuge ist – ein Geist. Peter Grant wird Zauberlehrling. Im Dienst der Polizei jagt er den Mörder. Aber der Unbekannte schlägt zurück…

Da kommt er aus dem Schatten der Säule.

Er ist durchsichtig. Er sieht aus wie ein richtiger Mensch.

Aber er ist durchsichtig. Verdammt noch mal!

Ich kann durch ihn hindurchsehen.

The first in the Peter Grant urban fantasy series, all of which have (to date) been published in Germany by DTV. Here are the covers…

RIVERS OF LONDON is published in the UK by Gollancz, in the US by Del Rey (as MIDNIGHT RIOT), and has been published widely in translation.

THE HANGING TREE Audio out tomorrow in the UK!

Posted on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016

The Audio edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s bestselling THE HANGING TREE is out tomorrow in the UK! Narrated by the ever-brilliant Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, it is published by Gollancz. Here’s the synopsis…

The sixth outing for PC Peter Grant sees him back in London and facing up to the terrifying legacy of London’s hangings.

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty’s daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

The audio edition also features an audio exclusive interview with Ben Aaronovitch and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith.

THE HANGING TREE is the sixth book in Ben’s Peter Grant series, and follows RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES, and FOXGLOVE SUMMER — all of which are published in the UK by Gollancz. THE HANGING TREE is due to be published in the US in January 2017, by DAW Books; and in Germany by DTV, also in January 2017.

Ben has also written (with Andrew Cartmel) three comic series published by Titan Comics, set between the novels: BODY WORK, NIGHT WITCH and the currently-ongoing BLACK MOULD.

RIVERS OF LONDON: BLACK MOULD #2 out now!

Posted on Wednesday, November 16th, 2016

Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel‘s third Rivers of London comic series continues apace: BLACK MOULD #2 is published today by Titan Comics! Here’s the synopsis…

There’s a mould problem in South London. Not the usual stuff that smells funny and can be hell on the lungs. This mould is possessed by some dark power full of bad intentions and it’s another case for London’s one and only trainee wizard cop, PC Peter Grant!

Titan Comics also published the first two series — BODY WORK and NIGHT WITCH. The first has already been published as a collected edition, while the second collection is due out later this month.

Ben’s Peter Grant series, of which the Rivers of London comics are a part, are published in the UK by Gollancz; in the US by Del Rey (1-3) and DAW Books (4-6); in Germany by DTV; and widely in translation. For more editions available, check out Ben’s author page.

THE HANGING TREE is a Sunday Times Bestseller!

Posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2016

We are delighted to report that Ben Aaronovitch‘s sixth Peter Grant novel, THE HANGING TREE is #5 on the Sunday Times bestseller list! The highly-anticipated novel was published last week in the UK by Gollancz. Here’s the synopsis…

The sixth outing for PC Peter Grant in this bestselling series sees him back in London and facing the terrifying legacy of London’s hangings.

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty’s daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

The novel is due to be published in North America by DAW Books in January 2017.

THE HANGING TREE is out tomorrow in the UK!

Posted on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

The wait is almost over! Ben Aaronovitch‘s highly-anticipated sixth Peter Grant novel is published tomorrow in the UK! THE HANGING TREE brings the action back to London after Peter’s adventure into the countryside in FOXGLOVE SUMMER. Published by Gollancz, here’s the synopsis…

Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty’s daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour.

Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we’re talking about.

He’s been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week…

Gollancz has published the whole Peter Grant series of novels to date in the UK: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES, FOXGLOVE SUMMER and THE HANGING TREE.

The series is published in the US by Del Rey (#1-3) and DAW Books (#4-6), and THE HANGING TREE will be published in North America in January 2017. The series has been published widely in translations — see Ben’s author page for more information. THE HANGING TREE is also scheduled to be published in Germany by DTV as DER GALGEN VON TYBURN, in February 2017.

New Simplified German edition of RIVERS OF LONDON Available!

Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2016

There is a new Simplified German edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s best-selling RIVERS OF LONDON! Published by Spaß am Lesen Verlag as DIE FLÜSSE VON LONDON, here’s the synopsis…

Ein grausiger Mord, mitten in London. Am Tatort macht der junge Polizist Peter Grant eine Entdeckung. Der einzige Zeuge ist – ein Geist. Peter Grant wird Zauberlehrling. Im Dienst der Polizei jagt er den Mörder. Aber der Unbekannte schlägt zurück…

Da kommt er aus dem Schatten der Säule.

Er ist durchsichtig. Er sieht aus wie ein richtiger Mensch.

Aber er ist durchsichtig. Verdammt noch mal!

Ich kann durch ihn hindurchsehen.

The regular German edition of DIE FLÜSSE VON LONDON is published by DTV. DTV has published all of the Peter Grant novels to date in Germany: SCHWARZER MOND ÜBER SOHO, EIN WISPERN UNTER BAKER STREET, DER BÖSE ORT and FINGERHUT-SOMMER. The sixth novel is due to be published in 2017, as DER GALGEN VON TYBURN.

RIVERS OF LONDON is published in the UK by Gollancz and in North America by Del Rey Books. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit — we do paperwork so real coppers don’t have to — and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I’m a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden… and there’s something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it’s falling to me to bring order out of chaos — or die trying.

THE HANGING TREE UK Tour Dates & Details!

Posted on Friday, October 28th, 2016

Ben Aaronovitch‘s highly-anticipated sixth Peter Grant novel, THE HANGING TREE is out next week in the UK! To celebrate the release, Ben is embarking on an extensive UK tour. Here are the details…

Monday 31st October

12.30-13.30: lunchtime signing at Waterstones Birmingham, Pavilions, 24-26 High St, Birmingham B4 7SL
18:30-20:30: evening event at Waterstones Nottingham, 1-5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham NG1 2GR – capacity 100

Tuesday 1st November

12.30-13.30pm: early afternoon informal signing at Toppings Ely, 9 High Street, Ely CB7 4LJ
19:00-20:30: evening event at Norwich Waterstones, 17-19 Castle Meadow, Norwich NR2 1PB

Wednesday 2nd November

12.30-13:30: lunchtime signing at Waterstones Sheffield, 24-26 Orchard Square, Sheffield S1 2FB
19:00-20:30: evening event at Waterstones Manchester Deansgate, 91 Deansgate, Manchester M3 2BW – capacity 150

Thursday 3rd November

12:30-13:30: lunchtime signing at Waterstones Reading, 89 Broad St, Reading RG1 2AP
19:00-20:30: evening event at Waterstones Bristol Galleries, 11A Union Galleries, Broadmead, Bristol, BS1 3XD

Friday 4th November

18:00-19:30: signing London Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Ave, London WC2H 8JR

At the Forbidden Plant signing on Friday, there will also be an exclusive edition of the RIVERS OF LONDON: NIGHT WITCH graphic novel available, which will come with a signed art card…

THE HANGING TREE is published in the UK by Gollancz on November 3rd, 2016. It is currently due to be published in North America in January 2017, but DAW Books.

Ben Aaronovitch’s WHISPERS UNDERGROUND out now in Czech!

Posted on Wednesday, October 26th, 2016

The Czech edition of Ben Aaronovitch‘s WHISPERS UNDERGROUND is out today! Published by Argo as ŠEPOT PODZEMÍ, here’s the synopsis…

Tentokrát to začne mrtvým tělem na konci stanice metra Baker Street, vším, co zůstalo po americkém studentovi Jamesi Gallagherovi. Jeho zámožná a politicky vlivná rodina se chce pochopitelně dostat této hrůzné vraždě na kloub, potíž však tkví v tom, že Jamesova smrt představuje ještě větší a nepřirozenější záhadu, než kdo vůbec tuší… tedy kromě londýnského konstábla a čarodějova učně Petera Granta.

Jelikož je inspektor Nightingale, poslední oficiální čaroděj v Anglii, zaneprázdněn pátráním po nevyzpytatelném kouzelníkovi známém také jako Muž bez tváře, je pouze na Peterovi, aby začal zkoumat strašidelné hlubiny nejstarší, největší a nyní i nejvražednější podzemní dráhy na světě. Ovšem nebude na to sám. Kdepak, FBI mu posílá pomocnici. Mladou, ctižádostivou, krásnou křesťanku, která má sklony vnímat veškerá kouzla jako dílo ďáblovo. No, to tedy bude…

The third novel in Ben’s Peter Grant series, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND is published in the UK by Gollancz. Here’s the English-language synopsis…

Peter Grant is learning magic fast. And it’s just as well — he’s already had run-ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesn’t even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. And then there’s his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn’t his fault, but still.

Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. And delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met’s Economic and Specialist Crime Unit 9, aka ‘The Folly’. Time to call in PC Peter Grant, Britain’s Last Wizard.

Gollancz has published the whole series to date in the UK: RIVERS OF LONDON, MOON OVER SOHO, WHISPERS UNDERGROUND, BROKEN HOMES, and FOXGLOVE SUMMER. The highly-anticipated sixth novel in the series, THE HANGING TREE, is due out next week in the UK! The series is published in the US by Del Rey (1-3) and DAW Books (4-6), and has been published widely in translation — for more details, see Ben’s author page.