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He was born and raised in london, and his love for the city is reflected throughout the series. Buy rivers of london a rivers of london novel by ben aaronovitch from amazons fiction books store. The hanging tree is the sixth and latest volume in aaronovitch s peter grant series. Simon pegg and nick frost are looking to turn author ben aaronovitch s fantasy book series rivers of london into a tv show. Peter grant book series the peter grant series alternatively, the rivers of london series or the pc grant series is a series of urban fantasy novels by english author ben aaronovitch, and comicsgraphic novels by aaronovitch and andrew cartmel, illustrated by lee sullivan. The sixth rivers of london novel a rivers of london novel 1st edition. Storming the bestseller lists the novel and its subsequent sequels delve into the murky underbelly of london as seen through the eyes of magician. Apr 08, 2015 ben aaronovitch is the acclaimed author of the supernatural police procedural rivers of london series. In rivers of london by ben aaronovitch book 1 of the peter grant series, peter grant is a probationary constable with dreams of being a scotland yard detective, but his boss wants to put him in the case progression unit his biggest potential threat would be a paper cut. Ben has two elder brothers owen and david aaronovitch.
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