Murder in Bloomsbury by D.M. Quincy

February 13, 2018

Last year, D.M. Quincy’s first Atlas Catesby mystery, Murder in Mayfair, was one of my top picks of the year. The second book in the series, Murder in Bloomsbury, has done nothing to disabuse me of the idea that Quincy is a talented author who tells...

The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch

February 11, 2018

Ben Aaronovitch continues to add diverse and interesting characters to the books in his Rivers of London urban fantasy series. The Hanging Tree is the sixth book, and it brings Police Constable Peter Grant back to London for discoveries of more magic running...

Whispers Under Ground by Ben Aaronovitch

January 14, 2018

A friend in Wales told me to believe everything Ben Aaronovitch’s books say about London, and, even more so. That means underground London is even more interesting than Paris with its catacombs. Peter Grant, police constable and wizard-in-training, has the...

Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch

December 27, 2017

Here’s what I’ve learned after reading just two books in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London urban fantasy series. It doesn’t pay to be Peter Grant’s girlfriend. Moon Over Soho, the second book in the series, provides another series of...

Midnight Riot by Ben Aaronovitch

December 26, 2017

A friend told me years ago to read Ben Aaronovitch. And, I read the book back then. This time, when I read Midnight Riot, the first Peter Grant, I must have been in the moon for a combination of Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files and Simon R. Green....