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Old 01-21-2016, 10:59 AM   #16
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I recommend Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne.
Beware though, the plots of Peter Tremayne are complicated.

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Old 01-21-2016, 11:07 AM   #17
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I recommend Absolution by Murder by Peter Tremayne.
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Am I correct in assuming that is a second?
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Old 01-21-2016, 11:48 AM   #18
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I will second Baltimore Blues.

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Am I correct in assuming that is a second?
If not, I'll third it. Which still leaves me with one to go.
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Old 01-21-2016, 01:50 PM   #20
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Midnight Riot/Rivers of London

I nominate Midnight Riot (apa: Rivers of London) by Ben Aaronovitch, first in the Peter Grant/Rivers of London series.

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“Fresh, original and a wonderful read. I loved it.”—Charlaine Harris

“Midnight Riot is what would happen if Harry Potter grew up and joined the Fuzz. It is a hilarious, keenly imagined caper.”—Diana Gabaldon

“Filled with detail and imagination . . . Aaronovitch is a name to watch.”—Peter F. Hamilton

“The perfect blend of CSI and Harry Potter.” --io9.com

“Aaronovitch has created a fun and funny character in Grant, who displays wit more than snark (a welcome attitude) and shows he can think on his feet. . . . It's a great start to what will hopefully be a long series of adventures.”--SFrevu.com

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My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.

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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 long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic.



Now, a comment for those who might doubt me on this one. Even my DW, who never reads magic ANYTHING, except Harry Potter and Tolkien, was convinced to try this series and is now bugging me about when the next one will be out. (June or July, in the US for those wondering.) I no longer remember who on MobileRead suggested this series, but I became hooked almost immediately. The books are funny, irreverant, and all too compellingly real as Peter describes the attitudes of a modern day London and its denizens. And, if you REALLY want to enjoy it, get the Audible version read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. His voice is perfect for Peter Grant, and he really brings the narrative alive.

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Old 01-21-2016, 02:14 PM   #21
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If not, I'll third it. Which still leaves me with one to go.
Since I haven't heard back yet from DrChiper I'm charging the third to you.
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Old 01-21-2016, 02:37 PM   #22
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The Blackhouse needs a third so it can be nominated. It takes places in a very remote location in Scotland. It sounds like a version good book. I'm looking forward to reading it. So please help it out.
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I'll second Midnight Riot (apa: Rivers of London) by Ben Aaronovitch
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Old 01-21-2016, 03:52 PM   #24
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It was (a bit late though)
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No problem. I'll just replace CRussel's name with yours. He'll have one more vote and you'll have two more more left.
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I'm nominating Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey. It's the basis for the SyFy TV show The Expanse.

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Humanity has colonized the solar system - Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond - but the stars are still out of our reach.

Jim Holden is XO of an ice miner making runs from the rings of Saturn to the mining stations of the Belt. When he and his crew stumble upon a derelict ship, The Scopuli, they find themselves in possession of a secret they never wanted. A secret that someone is willing to kill for - and kill on a scale unfathomable to Jim and his crew. War is brewing in the system unless he can find out who left the ship and why.

Detective Miller is looking for a girl. One girl in a system of billions, but her parents have money and money talks. When the trail leads him to The Scopuli and rebel sympathizer Holden, he realizes that this girl may be the key to everything.

Holden and Miller must thread the needle between the Earth government, the Outer Planet revolutionaries, and secretive corporations - and the odds are against them. But out in the Belt, the rules are different, and one small ship can change the fate of the universe.
Overdrive: https://www.overdrive.com/media/465868/leviathan-wakes
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I nominate Quiller Barracuda by Adam Hall.

This 1990 book is the 14th in the Quiller series. They need not be read in order.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/h/adam-hall/

Publishers Weekly says: Like his counterparts James Bond and Matt Helm, Quiller is a secret agent survivor of the '60s. Since his debut a quarter century ago in the Edgar-winning The Quiller Memorandum , Hall's agent-with-no-first-name has carried out his assignments for "the Bureau," a top-secret British counter-intelligence agency, with an efficiency and emotional detachment that is at once chilling and fascinating. Aside from the requisite involvement with beautiful women on every assignment, Quiller shows few of his peers' idiosyncrasies; the job's the thing to Quiller, and the job this time takes him to Miami, where the Bureau's station agent has begun behaving strangely. No sooner does Quiller arrive than the man disappears, and the shadowy outlines of a vast and frightening mind-control conspiracy begin to surface. This taut, sophisticated thriller involves Quiller in the American presidential campaign, a large-scale cocaine smuggling operation and a network of Mafia killers, who threaten his life and (worse yet from his viewpoint) create a strong possibility that he will be pulled off the job before it is finished. A sure-fire pleaser for espionage fans.

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The US price is currently only $4.99, less than other Quiller books.
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