This gang of characters has kept me employed, amused, and solvent through seven novels and a novella. And then there’s the Rivers themselves - powerful and unpredictable deities of place associated with London’s waterways and, in the case of Beverley Brook, Peter’s main squeeze. Oh, and I’d better mention Toby, a dog of no discernible pedigree who has the occasional ability to sniff out demonic doings, though his real strengths are cadging food and snoozing. She looks after the Folly, our heroes’ home base in darkest Bloomsbury. Plus let’s not forget Molly (no last name, at least none I’m going to tell you), London’s most retro - and scariest - traditional house maid. On the squad there is also DC Sahra Guleed, who wears a hijab with more stylish flair than anyone else on a Murder Team, and who is still coming to terms with the fact that magic is real - and far from always benign. In this he has the help of Detective Inspector Thomas Nightingale, a man who is looking considerably - indeed, suspiciously - spry considering he was born in 1900. It is his sworn duty to uphold the Queen’s peace not only in the face of all the mundane crime that London can throw at him, but also all the supernatural crime…
However, just in case some brave soul has got this far without knowing about Peter Grant, allow me to add that although he is police - as Peter would put it - he is rather unusual police. With an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.I am going to assume that you have some familiarity with the unfolding adventures of one Detective Constable Peter Grant - if not, the author’s photograph provided by my publicity people would almost inevitably have scared you away before reading these words. Discover what’s haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River Lugg…
Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. This is a must read for any Rivers of London fan. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.Įach tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world.
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