A Rare Book of Cunning Device by Ben Aaronovitch

Publisher: Audible.com Publication date: 27 April 2017 Runtime: 29 minutes Publisher Synopsis: Exclusive to Audio! Somewhere amongst the shadowy stacks and the many basements of the British library, something is very much amiss – and we’re not talking late returns here. Is it a ghost, or something much worse? PC Peter Grant really isn’t looking

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Inaugural Reading Compendium

November and December 2016 Firstly, I want to wish you all good health and happiness in 2017! It has occurred to me that I read more books than I am able to review and that it would be nice to produce a compendium of all the books I read as they all deserve a mention.

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Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin

Publisher: The Witcherley Book Company Publication date: 1 July 2013 Publisher’s synopsis: When the hapless Andy Caplet, then an inept local reporter, is first assigned to Inspector Hobbes he has no idea what horrors his future holds. Besides coming to terms with Hobbes’s weirdness and with the bizarre eccentricities of Mrs Goodfellow, he soon realises

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The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: The 3 November 2016 saw the release of The Hanging Tree, the sixth novel in the Peter Grant series. Coming almost two years after the publication of the last novel, Foxglove Summer, the anticipation for this novel had built up to epic proportions. And I am very pleased to say

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A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

My Chronicle Book Box Review: In this urban fantasy Deborah Harkness opens our eyes to the possibility of a world where humans are just one of four species or races alongside witches, vampires and daemons. Vampires drink blood, have immense strength and long life; witches have element based abilities; deamons have awe inspiring creativity; and

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Real Time Reading – A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Today I begin reading, re-reading I should say, A Discovery of Witches, the first book in the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness, in real time. This has become an annual tradition among fans of the Trilogy and this is my first year of joining in the fun. The books is set over a period

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Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: This is the third outing for DCI Thomas Nightingale, Britain’s last wizard, and Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard  by Ben Aaronovitch coming after Rivers of London and Moon over Soho. In this book we see the magical community of London, or rather Grant and Nightingale’s knowledge of it,

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Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: Firstly, note the amazing cover art. The great cover illustrations were one of the first things that attracted me to this series and I particularly like the colours in this one. Secondly, if you have not already read Rivers of London I would before starting this book. Aaronovitch does try

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Have you ever read a comic? – Rivers of London – Body Work and Night Witch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: Have you ever read a comic? I couldn’t say I had before Ben Aaronovitch and Titan brought Peter Grant and Thomas Nightingale to the medium. I gave them a go because I love the Rivers of London world and was keen to absorb any new material whatever the format. There

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Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

My Chronicle Book Box Review: In this, the first published novel by Ben Aaronovitch, we meet Peter Grant, Police Constable of the London Metropolitan Police: easily distracted by his own admission and on track to making a valuable contribution in the Case Progression Unit (CPU). Peter introduces us to PC Leslie May, good friend of

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