Like a lot of folks here I'm always looking for new urban fantasy to hold me over until the next Dresden Files book. I just finished the first book of Ben Aaronovitch's
Rivers Of London series and think Dresden fans would probably enjoy it. It's thoroughly British and the language differences occasionally take a little puzzling out, but I think that adds to the enjoyment. It's something different and refreshing.
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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 a long-dead evil is making a comeback on a rising tide of magic.
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