Rivers of London

Detective Constable und Zauberlehrling Peter Grant steht vor einer großen Herausvorderung. Nicht nur muß er sich mit Vampiren, Werwölfen und einer Menge Papierkram rumschlagen. Noch dazu gärt etwas im Herzen von London, ein bösartiger und rachsüchtiger Geist, der gewöhnliche Menschen in groteske Abbilder ihrer selbst verwandelt und ein Drama aus Verzweiflung und Gewalt schürt.

Zusatztext Rivers of London manages to be fresh and original and a wonderful read. I loved it Informationen zum Autor Before becoming a bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch was a screenwriter for Doctor Who and a bookseller at Waterstones. He now writes full time, and every book in his Rivers of London series has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. He is published in 14 languages and has sold more than 2 million copies around the world. Aaronovitch is also a trustee on the board of Cityread London and is a long-time supporter of Nigeria's premiere arts and cultural festival, The Aké Festival. He still lives in London, the city he likes to refer to as 'the capital of the world'. Klappentext Paperback edition of the novel which blends horror, sci-fi and detective fiction. Peter Grant is a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in 50 years. His duties involve negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames and digging up graves in Covent Garden. Aaronovitch has written for TV and is a London bookseller. The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series Discover the million-copy-bestseller series everyone is talking about Zusammenfassung Book 1 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch. My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth. My story really begins when I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead... Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. After taking a statement from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost, Peter comes to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny. Suddenly, 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. Praise for the Rivers of London novels: 'Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London' NICK FROST 'As brilliant and funny as ever' THE SUN 'Charming, witty, exciting' THE INDEPENDENT 'An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups' THE TIMES Discover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - don't panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitch's imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels. ...

Rivers of London manages to be fresh and original and a wonderful read. I loved it

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The first of the Sunday Times Bestselling Peter Grant series
Discover the million-copy-bestseller series everyone is talking about

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Before becoming a bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch was a screenwriter for Doctor Who and a bookseller at Waterstones. He now writes full time, and every book in his Rivers of London series has been a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. He is published in 14 languages and has sold more than 2 million copies around the world. Aaronovitch is also a trustee on the board of Cityread London and is a long-time supporter of Nigeria's premiere arts and cultural festival, The Aké Festival. He still lives in London, the city he likes to refer to as 'the capital of the world'.

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Paperback edition of the novel which blends horror, sci-fi and detective fiction. Peter Grant is a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in 50 years. His duties involve negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames and digging up graves in Covent Garden. Aaronovitch has written for TV and is a London bookseller.

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Book 1 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.

My name is Peter Grant, and I used to be a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth.*

My story really begins when I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead...*

Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. After taking a statement from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost, Peter comes to the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, who investigates crimes involving magic and other manifestations of the uncanny.

Suddenly, 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.

Praise for the Rivers of London novels:

'Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London'
NICK FROST

'As brilliant and funny as ever'
THE SUN

'Charming, witty, exciting'
THE INDEPENDENT

'An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups'
THE TIMES

Discover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - don't panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitch's imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels.