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CRussel · 06-26-2016, 01:37 PM

And, while I don't think we have time to get enough votes for it, I'd like to nominate Midnight Riot (aka, Rivers of London), the first of the PC Peter Grant/Rivers of London series from Ben Aaronovitch. This book completely took me by surprise and I was delighted in it, and all the following books in the series. The books are short (Midnight Riot is 322 pages), the characters are interesting, and the writing is witty and funny. Midnight Riot is a modern London police procedural whose main character is a black PC (police constable). Oh, and then there's the fantasy part, of course.

Amazon.com : $6.99

Amazon UK: £5.99

There is a superb Audible WhisperSync version of the book, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith for $3.99 if you purchase the eBook version, or the usual 1 Credit or too much $$ if you only buy that version.

Audible US

Audible UK

Finally, this is available from Overdrive.

Overdrive (ebook)

Overdrive (audio book)

I know this is late in the process, and I apologize -- life and work have been more than a bit rough this month. And if we can't get enough nominations to get this in for a perfect summer read, then I'll be re-nominating in December for Fantasy month. But really, even though you might not think you like fantasy, I think you'll like this book. PC Peter Grant is just a great character, and if you want to try the Audible version, you'll quickly understand why I think Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is one of my all time favourite readers, even though he's done so few books outside of this series. Plus the books are of reasonable length for us to read, at a reasonable price point, and available via Overdrive libraries in both ebook and audio formats.

06-26-2016, 01:37 PM	#33
CRussel (he/him/his) Posts: 12,296 Karma: 80074820 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC Device: Oasis (Gen3),Paperwhite (Gen10), Voyage, Paperwhite(orig), iPad Air M3	And, while I don't think we have time to get enough votes for it, I'd like to nominate *Midnight Riot* (aka, *Rivers of London), the first of the PC Peter Grant/Rivers of London* series from Ben Aaronovitch. This book completely took me by surprise and I was delighted in it, and all the following books in the series. The books are short (Midnight Riot is 322 pages), the characters are interesting, and the writing is witty and funny. Midnight Riot is a modern London police procedural whose main character is a black PC (police constable). Oh, and then there's the fantasy part, of course. Amazon.com : $6.99 Amazon UK: £5.99 There is a superb Audible WhisperSync version of the book, read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith for $3.99 if you purchase the eBook version, or the usual 1 Credit or too much $$ if you only buy that version. Audible US Audible UK Finally, this is available from Overdrive. Overdrive (ebook) Overdrive (audio book) I know this is late in the process, and I apologize -- life and work have been more than a bit rough this month. And if we can't get enough nominations to get this in for a perfect summer read, then I'll be re-nominating in December for Fantasy month. But really, even though you might not think you like fantasy, I think you'll like this book. PC Peter Grant is just a great character, and if you want to try the Audible version, you'll quickly understand why I think Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is one of my all time favourite readers, even though he's done so few books outside of this series. Plus the books are of reasonable length for us to read, at a reasonable price point, and available via Overdrive libraries in both ebook and audio formats.