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The Furthest Station
by Ben Aaronovitch
Even though I am a ginormous fan of this series, I am a bit of purist and tend to stick with the full length novels. I am not one to normally read the side adventures of series that sometimes get published in novellas. And normally I would have waited to see if this got the audiobook treatment because Kobna Holdbrook-Smith's narration of these books is so peerless, that I buy them in audio exclusively.
But I just couldn't resist this one. Peter's world and his worldview are so infectious that I couldn’t wait to read this.
This one features a rather tight little case that centers on pervy ghosts who assault and commuters who are riding the London metro. Yeah, you heard that right. Percy ghosts. Assaulting people in public. Even more crazy is that something happens if to the victim's memory in the aftermath of the assault that after awhile they have no memory that any such assault takes place. But Peter is on the job and manages to get to a victim before her memory fades.
The rest of the book follows Peter, Nightingale and Peter's young cousin Abby map the London tube to track down their spectral terrorist. And along the way we get to meet all sorts of ghosts raging from morose to sassy.
This quick read highlights all the things that makes the entire series so darned good. The nice blend of magic and police procedure. Peter's often trenchant, always witty observations. Fantastic character diversity and character development. I was pleased to learn more abut Abby and hope that this means she'll be making another appearance in the main novels. Also we get to meet another River God!
Really enjoyed this!
**Review is based on a ARC received from the Publisher via Netgalley**
But I just couldn't resist this one. Peter's world and his worldview are so infectious that I couldn’t wait to read this.
This one features a rather tight little case that centers on pervy ghosts who assault and commuters who are riding the London metro. Yeah, you heard that right. Percy ghosts. Assaulting people in public. Even more crazy is that something happens if to the victim's memory in the aftermath of the assault that after awhile they have no memory that any such assault takes place. But Peter is on the job and manages to get to a victim before her memory fades.
The rest of the book follows Peter, Nightingale and Peter's young cousin Abby map the London tube to track down their spectral terrorist. And along the way we get to meet all sorts of ghosts raging from morose to sassy.
This quick read highlights all the things that makes the entire series so darned good. The nice blend of magic and police procedure. Peter's often trenchant, always witty observations. Fantastic character diversity and character development. I was pleased to learn more abut Abby and hope that this means she'll be making another appearance in the main novels. Also we get to meet another River God!
Really enjoyed this!
**Review is based on a ARC received from the Publisher via Netgalley**