Lies Sleeping

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Ben Aaronovitch: Lies Sleeping (Hardcover, 2018, Orion)

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The seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.

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.

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Hardcover, 430 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2018 by Orion.

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ISBN:
978-1-78517-447-6
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Subjects
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general
  • London (england), fiction

Reviews

Fun & Fast - One Storyline Ends and a New One Begins

Wow! This book reads super fast and is difficult to put down. It’s also not the place for a person to start this series as a few of the running plot lines come to a head.

Peter’s magic dampening holding cell is an interesting new development and makes me wonder if Molly can create something similar at the folly. Would they have been able to hold Chorley? Hmmm…

I like that we now know Leslie’s motivation for teaming up with The Faceless Man. It was never as simple as getting her face back, and now I’m interested to see where that anger will carry her in future books. I’d be surprised if Aaronovitch just abandoned a complex character like Leslie. She’s a bit of an antihero.

I’m not sure if I missed it, but I really would like to know what Chorley expected to happen if his …