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Broken Homes

Broken Homes

CrimeUrban Fantasy
Published
2013
Language
English

Synopsis

Broken Homes is the fourth novel in Ben Aaronovitch's Peter Grant series, set in a version of London where magic exists alongside policing. When a string of gruesome murders targeting women with ties to the Thames begins to plague East London, Constable Peter Grant and his mentor Thomas Nightingale must investigate using both forensic evidence and ancient wizardry. The case draws them into the murky waters of urban legend, occult conspiracy, and the dark history of the city's waterways.

Prose complexity
5/10

Vibe

DarkGrittyTenseFunny

Genres

Crime Urban Fantasy

About the author

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Ben Aaronovitch

Ben Aaronovitch was born in 1964. He had parents, some brothers, some sisters and a dog named after a Russian cosmonaut. He also had the kind of dull childhood that drives a person to drink, radical politics or science fiction. Discovering in his early twenties that he had precisely one talent, he took up screenwriting at which he was an overnight success. He wrote for Doctor Who, Casualty and the world’s cheapest ever SF soap opera Jupiter Moon. He then wrote for Virgin’s New Adventures until...

Characters

Peter GrantProtagonist

A constable in the Metropolitan Police and apprentice wizard, investigating a serial killer targeting women with ties to London's waterways.

Thomas NightingaleSupporting

Grant's superior at Scotland Yard and head of the Folly; an ancient English wizard who mentors him in magic while leading the investigation.

All characters in Broken Homes