Ben Aaronovitch

Cuando examina el cadáver de Cyrus Wilkins, bajista de jazz por las noche y contable de día, muerto de un ataque al corazón durante una actuación en el Club 606 del Soho, el detective de Scotland Yard y aprendiz de mago Peter Grant no puede evitar fijarse en la cancion que emerge del cuerpo. Esta claro que la muerte de Cyrus tuvo causas sobrenaturales. Con la ayuda del inspector jefe Thomas Nightinghale, el ultimo mago de Inglaterra, y de la hermosa aficionada al jazz Simone Fitzwilliam, Peter descubrira una amenaza muy real que lo llevara hasta su padre, el trompetista Richard Lord Grant.Una magnifica segunda entrega de las aventuras de Peter Grant. Aaronovitch logra crear una melodia perfecta con una intriga que te deja sin aliento.SF REVIEWPersonajes creibles, una intriga policial realista ambientada en un mundo magico: en suma, uno de los libros mas entretenidos que he leido en mucho tiempo.FANTASY LITERATUREAaronovitch posee un sentido del humor agudo y satirico, y sus novelas son impecables y entretenidas, donde el Londres magico es otro protagonista.THE SPECULATIVE SCOTSMAN

Es ist ja nicht so, dass Peter Grant, Zauberer in Ausbildung und Police Constable in London, nichts fur das Uben von Zauberspruchen und das Pauken von Lateinvokabeln ubrig hatte - bestimmt nicht! Aber es ist doch immer wieder schon, wenn zur Abwechslung auch mal reelle Polizeiarbeit gefragt ist. Eine unbekannte Person wird im U-Bahn-Tunnel nahe der Station Baker Street tot aufgefunden - erstochen, und es deuten unubersehbare Anzeichen auf die Anwesenheit von Magie hin. Ein Fall fur Peter, keine Frage. Der unbekannte Tote stellt sich als amerikanischer Kunststudent und Sohn eines US-Senators heraus, und ehe man noch "internationale Verwicklungen" sagen kann, hat Peter bereits die FBI-Agentin Kimberley Reynolds mitsamt ihren felsenfesten religiosen Uberzeugungen am Hals. Dabei gestalten sich seine Ermittlungen auch so schon gruselig genug, denn tief in Londons Untergrund, in vergessenen Flussen und viktorianischen Abwasserkanalen, hort er ein Wispern von alten Kunsten und gequalten Geistern.

Another gripping and hilarious adventure through the secret streets of London. A tour of what remains and an insight into what once was with a liberal sprinkling of folklore, myth and violent crime. Each of Ben Aaronovitch's previous Peter Grant novels have been Sunday Times Top Ten HB bestsellers and The Hanging Tree looks set to repeat the feat. The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Somethings don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant. Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England's last wizard and the Met's reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.

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, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head down and his nose clean. But this is Peter Grant we're talking about. He's been given an unparalleled opportunity to alienate old friends and create new enemies at the point where the world of magic and that of privilege intersect. Assuming he survives the week ...

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 trying to deliver an urgent message. Stranger still, despite calling the police themselves, within a few minutes the commuters have already forgotten the encounter - making the follow up interviews rather difficult. So with a little help from Abigail and Toby the ghost hunting dog, Peter and Jaget are heading out on a ghost hunting expedition.Because finding the ghost and deciphering their urgent message might just be a matter of life and death.

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIESThere is a world hidden underneath this great city... The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up.Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace - only that's what happened. The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit. Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London's tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now.

THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIESThere is a world hidden underneath this great city...The London Silver Vaults - for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace - only that's what happened.The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London's tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!

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Orion, 2011. 432pp. Texto en inglés. Bolsillo

Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for multiple 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 unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan.A plan that has its roots in London''s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees.To save his beloved city Peter''s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague - Lesley May - who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch . . .

The brand new novella in the Sunday Times 1 bestselling Rivers of London series THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND When ex FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an X Ray Sierra India incident the operator doesn t understand He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds Arriving snowbound Northern Wisconsin she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town and there s no sign of Henderson Things soon go from weird to worse as neighbours report unsettling sightings key evidence goes missing and the snow keeps rising cutting off the town with no way in or out As the clues lead to the coldest of cold cases a cursed expedition into the frozen wilderness Reynolds follows a trail from the start of the American nightmare to the horror that still lives on today PRAISE FOR BEN AARONOVITCH & THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES Highly entertaining SUNDAY EXPRESS Charming witty exciting THE INDEPENDENT Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery magic and fantastic characters NICK FROST Funny and wildly inventive MAIL ON SUNDAY

THE BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES'This isn't London. The rules are different up here, and so are the allegiances.'Detective Sergeant Peter Grant takes a much-needed holiday up in Scotland. And he'll need one when this is over...If more's the merrier, then it's ecstatic as his partner Beverley, their young twins, his mum, dad, his dad's band and their dodgy manager all tag along. Even his boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, takes in the coastal airs as he trains Peter's cousin Abigail in the arcane arts.And they'll need them too, because Scotland's Granite City has more than its fair share of history and mystery, myth ... and murder.When a body is found in a bus stop, fresh from the sea, the case smells fishy from the off.

All Detective Sergeant Peter Grant wanted was a nice holiday up in Scotland.He'll need one once this is over...Sea: check.Sand: some.Sun: sort of - but that's not the only thing in the sky…

The brand new novella in the much-loved and #1 bestselling Rivers of London series!Ghost hunter, fox whisperer, troublemaker. It is the summer of 2013 and Abigail Kamara has been left to her own devices. This might, by those who know her, be considered a mistake.While her cousin, police constable and apprentice wizard Peter Grant, is off in the sticks, chasing unicorns, Abigail is chasing her own mystery. Teenagers around Hampstead Heath have been going missing but before the police can get fully engaged, the teens return home - unharmed but vague about where they've been. Aided only by her new friend Simon, her knowledge that magic is real, and a posse of talking foxes that think they're spies, Abigail must venture into the wilds of Hampstead to discover who is luring the teenagers and more importantly - why?

The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.****THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND...When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an X-Ray Sierra India incident, the operator doesnt understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does.That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Arriving snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town - and theres no sign of Henderson.Things soon go from weird to worse, as neighbours report unsettling sightings, key evidence goes missing, and the snow keeps rising - cutting off the town, with no way in or out...As the clues lead to the coldest of cold cases - a cursed expedition into the frozen wilderness - Reynolds follows a trail from the start of the American nightmare, to the horror that still lives on today...****PRAISE FOR BEN AARONOVITCH & THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES:Highly entertainingSUNDAY EXPRESSCharming, witty, excitingTHE INDEPENDENTBen Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic charactersNICK FROSTFunny and wildly inventiveMAIL ON SUNDAY

Book 7 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.In London, the past is never dead. It only lies sleeping...Martin Chorley - aka the Faceless Man - wanted for multiple 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 unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long-term plan. A plan that has its roots in Londons two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees. To save his beloved city Peters going to need help from his former best friend and colleague - Lesley May - who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch...Praise for the Rivers of London novels:Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real LondonNICK FROSTAs brilliant and funny as everTHE SUNCharming, witty, excitingTHE INDEPENDENTAn incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-upsTHE TIMESDiscover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If youre a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - dont panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitchs imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels.

Book 4 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil - an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial killer? Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case, a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load. So far so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?Praise for the Rivers of London novels:Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real LondonNICK FROSTAs brilliant and funny as everTHE SUNCharming, witty, excitingTHE INDEPENDENTAn incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-upsTHE TIMESDiscover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If youre a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - dont panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitchs imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels.

Book 5 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London, you cant take the London out of the copper. Travelling west with Beverley Brook, Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And whats more, all the shops are closed by 4pm...Praise for the Rivers of London novels:Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real LondonNICK FROSTAs brilliant and funny as everTHE SUNCharming, witty, excitingTHE INDEPENDENTAn incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-upsTHE TIMESDiscover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If youre a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - dont panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitchs imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels.