Midnight Riot
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.
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PC Peter Grant catches a witness statement from a ghost on a Covent Garden cleanup, and gets seconded into a tiny Met unit handling London's magical crimes. First in the Rivers of London series.
Midnight Riot is the U.S. title of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London (2011), the first book in his urban fantasy series about a London Metropolitan Police constable who joins a small magical division.
Ben Aaronovitch has published more than nine main Rivers of London novels, plus several novellas and graphic novels. The series continues to release.
Midnight Riot is 310 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Midnight Riot takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
Midnight Riot is a standalone novel by an unknown author, not part of a series.
Midnight Riot is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
