Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London) - Softcover

Book 2 of 10: Rivers of London

Aaronovitch, Ben

 
9781625676160: Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1625676166 ISBN 13: 9781625676160
Publisher: Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc., 2024

Synopsis

My name is Peter Grant, and I'm a Police Constable in that mighty army for justice known as the Metropolitan Police (a.k.a. the Filth). I'm also an apprentice wizard, the first in fifty years.

When your dad is an almost famous jazz trumpeter, you know the classics. And that's why, when Dr Walid called me down to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognized the tune it was playing as the jazz classic 'Body and Soul.' Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint on his corpse as if it were a wax cylinder recording. The former owner of the body, Cyrus Wilkinson, was a part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant who had dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig.

He wasn't the first, but no one was going to let me exhume corpses just to see if they were playing my tune. So it was back to old-fashioned police legwork, starting in Soho, the heart of the scene, with the lovely Simone - Cyrus's ex-lover, professional jazz kitten and as inviting as a Rubens portrait - as my guide. And it didn't take me long to realise there were monsters stalking Soho, creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness, failure and broken lives.

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About the Author

Born and raised in London, Ben Aaronovitch worked as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who and Casualty before the inspiration for his own series of books struck him whilst working as a bookseller in Waterstones Covent Garden. Ben Aaronovitch's unique novels are the culmination of his experience of writing about the emergency services and the supernatural.

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Publisher
Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1625676166
ISBN 13 
9781625676160
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
344

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780575097629: Moon Over Soho: Book 2 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series (A Rivers of London novel)

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ISBN 10:  0575097620 ISBN 13:  9780575097629
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