Aaronovitch, Ben

Rivers of London

Following an unexpected conversation with a ghost at the beginning of Rivers of London, PC Peter Grant, an officer in the Metropolitan police, is swiftly transferred to the Met’s supernatural branch and apprenticed under its official wizard. This urban fantasy series follows Peter’s initiation and development as he attempts to rationalise his magical abilities with police procedure, through a series of investigations. Allusions in early books to a somewhat devastating event, in the relatively recent past, are fleshed out slowly in later books adding to the overall intrigue and storyline. Those familiar with London, and especially it’s mostly invisible watercourses, will enjoy the familiarity of the settings used to backdrop the story. Aaronovitch’s London is populated with all manner of mythical, supernatural and contemporary monsters, luckily PC Grant can rely on assistance from an assorted supporting cast made up of police colleagues, gods and wizards.

In many ways Rivers of London set out along the classic fantasy story arc, main character imbued with certain powers, sudden discovery of aforesaid powers and an overarching protagonist. However, Rivers of London alloys this story with the element of suspense found in good detective literature and delivers it in a fresh and stylish fashion. In many ways this is a very successful fusion of two of Tomeopathy’s favourite genres.

Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series appeared early in 2011 and now stretches to seven books, several graphic novels and a novella. Tomeopathy has read the first five novels and is looking forward to reading the next two.

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