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The furthest station
The furthest station
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2017
Books, Manuscripts
There's something going bump on the Metropolitan line and Sergeant Jaget Kumar knows exactly who to call. It's PC Peter Grant's speciality. Only it's more than going 'bump'. Traumatised travellers have been reporting strange encounters on their morning commute, with strangely dressed people tryin...
The hanging tree
The hanging tree
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2017
Books, Manuscripts
Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour. Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, whe...
The hanging tree
The hanging tree
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2016
Books, Manuscripts
Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour. Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, whe...
Lies sleeping
Lies sleeping
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2019
Books, Manuscripts
Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for many counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice. But even as...
Lies sleeping
Lies sleeping
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2018
Books, Manuscripts
Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for many counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice. But even as...
The masquerades of spring
The masquerades of spring
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2024
Books, Manuscripts
New York City, New York. Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. That is, until his old friend Thomas Nightingale arrives, pursuing a rather mysterious affair concerning an old saxophone -...
Moon over Soho
Moon over Soho
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2011
Books, Manuscripts
Peter Grant is not just a lowly detective constable: he's also apprenticed to the last wizard in Britain! Policing will never be the same again!
The October man
The October man
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2019
Books, Manuscripts
Trier is famous for wine, Romans and for being Germany's oldest city. So when a man is found dead with his body impossibly covered in a fungal rot, the local authorities know they are out of their depth. Fortunately this is Germany, where there are procedures for everything. Enter Investigator To...
Rivers of London
Rivers of London
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2011
Books, Manuscripts
'My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just a probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police Service. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last...
Stone and sky
Stone and sky
Aaronovitch, Ben, 1964-2025
Books, Manuscripts
When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off. Something may be stirring beyond the bay - but there's something far stranger in the sky.
[4 copies, 6 reserves]
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