Midnight Riot

Ben Aaronovitch

2011 • 320 pages

Ratings127

Average rating3.8

“Midnight Riot is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper.”—Diana Gabaldon Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost. Peter’s ability to speak with the lingering dead brings him to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny. Now, as a wave of brutal and bizarre murders engulfs the city, Peter is plunged into a world where gods and goddesses mingle with mortals and a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic. “Filled with detail and imagination . . . Aaronovitch is a name to watch.”—Peter F. Hamilton “Fresh, original, and a wonderful read . . . I loved it.”—Charlaine Harris

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9 primary books25 released books

#1 in Rivers of London

Rivers of London is a 25-book series with 9 released primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Ben Aaronovitch.

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Foxes for Christmas

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Nightingale

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The Home Crowd Advantage

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Tobias Winter - Meckenheim 2012

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The Domestic

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The Cockpit

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Reynolds – Florence, Az. 2014

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Granny

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Bronwyn Knox

Fun supernatural mystery with humor and a likeable main character. I look forward to reading more of the series!

Update 10/22/23: I'm not big on audiobooks but I decided to “reread” this with the audio version because I'd heard good things. Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is absolutely the perfect narrator for the series. I love it when they get it so right.

April 21, 2022

Alex Norton

Went into this with lowish expectations, but wanted a short book to tide me over till I embark on Stephenson's latest tome. In reality it fully deserves it's four stars - i really enjoyed it. It has the same atmosphere of American Gods - the juxtaposition of mythical figures in a stark contemporary world but even though it does not have the refinement and lyricism of Gaiman, it makes up for it with humour and great one liners. I think i have time to read book # 2...

May 8, 2015

Kent archie

I'm re-reading the Rivers of London books before I catch up on the ones I haven't read yet.
I started reading these after our first trip to London because the subject was interesting and because a bunch of it took place in places we had visited.
This time I got slowed down because I kept looking up locations on Google Earth/Street View.
Still liked it and it's still funny, exciting and horrifying.

February 10, 2013