The-Rivers-of-London-series

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The Rivers of London series (alternatively the Peter Grant series or the PC Grant series ) is a series of urban fantasy novels by the English author Ben Aaronovitch . There are now several comic offsets of the books, the first entitled "Body Work", which Aaronovitch wrote with Andrew Cartmel ; the illustrations were made by Lee Sullivan .

Peter Grant has just completed his training as a Police Constable (PC) at the Metropolitan Police Service (MET) and is about to start a desk job when he is investigating a series of murders . Since the mysterious deaths take place without outside influence, this calls the head of a special unit for "special cases" on the scene. Police Inspector Thomas Nightingale is the last active wizard under the British Crown and Grant becomes his apprentice. The stories are written with Grant as the first-person narrator.

Novels

Volume 1: The Rivers of London

(English title: Rivers of London )

The novel revolves around the adventures of Peter Grant, a young police constable of the Metropolitan Police who, after an unexpected encounter with a ghost, is drawn into the small branch of the MET that deals with magic and the supernatural .

Peter Grant, who has been the first English sorcerer's apprentice in over seventy years, immediately has to grapple with two different but ultimately interrelated cases. In one he has to find out what common people are obsessed with so that they are turned into vicious killers, and in the other he has to make peace between the warring gods of the Thames and their respective families.

Volume 2: Black Moon Over Soho

(English title: Moon over Soho )

Following the events of The Rivers of London , police officer Peter Grant is called to help investigate the brutal murder of a journalist in the downstairs toilet of the Groucho Club in London's Soho district . At the same time, Peter is disturbed by a series of amateur and semi-professional jazz musician deaths that occurred shortly after their performances. Despite the seemingly natural causes of death, every body has a magical signature that leads Peter to believe that the deaths are far from natural.

Volume 3: A Whisper Under Baker Street

(English title: Whispers Under Ground )

A US senator's son is stabbed to death and magical involvement is suspected. An FBI - agent is involved in the case, Peter Grant. Something is happening in the tunnels of the London Underground and the Victorian sewers .

Volume 4: The Bad Place

(English title: Broken Homes )

Another murderer is at large, and the prime suspect could be an ally of the sinister wizard known as the Faceless Magician. A city planner comes under a subway and a grimoire has been stolen. And when Peter learns of a rather strange incident at the Elephant and Castle , he has to investigate whether there is a connection between these cases.

Volume 5: Thimble Summer

(English title: Foxglove Summer )

Peter leaves London and goes to a small Herefordshire village where the disappearance of two local girls seems to have had some supernatural cause. Getting along with local cops and gods, Peter finds out the secret.

Volume 6: The Tyburn Gallows

(English title: The Hanging Tree )

Back in London, Peter faces another world as he investigates suspicious murders in the world of the super-rich. This book was the first in the series to land at number 1 on the SPIEGEL paperback bestseller list .

Volume 7: The Whitechapel Bell

(English title: Lies Sleeping )

The search for the "faceless" but now well-known magician is entering its final phase and the Folly is getting full.

Volume 8: A White Swan on Tabernacle Street

(English title: false value )

The volume was published in English on February 20, 2020, ISBN 978-1-4732-0785-1 .

Novellas

Volume 1: Ghosts on the Metropolitan Line

(English title: The Furthest Station )

In this short novella, Peter deals with ghost sightings on the London Underground's Metropolitan Line , causing chaos among commuters. The English title refers to the outermost station on the line, Chesham .

Volume 2: The Oktobermann

English title: THE OCTOBER MAN . This novella takes place in Germany, especially in Trier and its vicinity. The main characters are Tobias Winter, who practices magic as an apprentice in a special department of the BKA , and the policewoman Vanessa Sommer. In the course of the murder investigation, Winter gets to know the river goddesses of the Kyll and Moselle . Peter Grant does not appear in the novella himself, but the main character alludes to him several times. The book was published in German on September 20th.

Planned

  • What Abigail Did That Summer
  • Agent Kimberly Reynolds in Florence, Arizona

Graphic novels

Volume 1: car madness

(English title: Body Work )

Volume 2: The Night Witch

(English title: Night Witch )

Volume 3: Black mold

(English title: Black Mold )

Volume 4: Detective Stories

(English title: Detective Stories)

Not yet published in German

  • Volume 5: Cry Fox
  • Volume 6: Water Weed
  • Volume 7: Action At A Distance
  • Volume 8: The Fey And The Furious

Reading order

  1. The rivers of London (novel 1)
  2. Black moon over Soho (novel 2)
  3. A whisper under Baker Street (novel 3)
  4. The bad place (novel 4)
  5. Auto Mania (Graphic Novel 1)
  6. Foxglove Summer (novel 5)
  7. Night Witch (Graphic Novel 2)
  8. Ghosts on the Metropolitan Line (Novella 1)
  9. Black Mold (Graphic Novel 3)
  10. The tyburn gallows (novel 6)

literature

  • Stefanie Lethbridge: The Wisdom of the Folly: Co-operative Diversity in Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London Series. In: Oliver von Knebel Doeberitz, Ralf Schneider (Eds.): London post-2010 in British Literature and Culture. (= Spatial Practices. Volume 24). Brill, 2017, ISBN 978-90-04-34401-3 , pp. 235-253 (preview)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "CSI meets Harry Potter": Peter Grant is back , Focus Online, August 25, 2015.
  2. ^ Rivers of London: The Peter Grant Series , ard.de, December 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ben Aaronovitch for the first time at number 1 on the bestseller list , book report, May 10, 2017.
  4. ^ Dtv Verlagsgesellschaft: The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch. Retrieved November 12, 2019 .