The worldbuilding is both clever and funny, and Grant continues to be an interesting hero. Book 5, Foxglove Summer was a bit of a break. His pursuit of the truth ends up leading to a ledger kept by legendary Victorian criminal Jonathan Wild, which may indicate where Isaac Newton’s lost alchemy papers can be found. The Hanging Tree is the sixth novel in Ben Aaronovitchs Rivers of London series. When Grant looks into the death, he finds evidence that the dead teenager had been practicing magic, without permission, at the time of her death.
But this is Peter Grant we're talking about. Ben Aaronovitch 4.22 31,997 ratings2,227 reviews The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. The aristocrat also insists that Grant keep her request confidential, which he promptly ignores. Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. A Rivers of London Novella (Rivers of London Series) By: Ben Aaronovitch Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Shvorne Marks Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins Release date: 05-25-21 Language: English 702 ratings Regular price: 18.26 Free with 30-day trial Book 5. Grant, who is one of just two people in London authorized to practice magic, is asked by an acquaintance, Lady Cecelia Tyburn-Thames, to make sure that her adolescent daughter, Olivia, is not implicated in the homicide investigation into the fatal overdose of a friend, 17-year-old Christina Chorley. Where the Marble Arch stands today in London was once the Tyburn gallows - also known as The Hanging Tree. Aaronovitch’s sixth supernatural police procedural featuring Peter Grant (after Foxglove Summer) is another superior blend of mystery and wry humor.
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