Whispers Under Ground

Peter Grant is a police constable in London and an apprentice wizard. His magical training is moving quickly, which is lucky: he has already survived the dangerous supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho.

His career is a harder matter. He works in a department of two, and it has no official standing. Describe it to most people and they would laugh. The unit is the Met's Economic and Specialist Crime Unit 9, known as The Folly, and Peter is Britain's last wizard.

His love life is no easier. The last woman he fell for ended up dead, and although it was not his fault, he still carries it.

Now something horrible is happening in the tunnels beneath the city, the labyrinth of the tube system that threads through London's ancient foundations. Late trains on the Northern line are the least of the trouble. The case lands on The Folly's desk, which means it lands on Peter.

This is urban fantasy written as a police story, with a wry, comic tone and a modern London setting. It follows earlier cases for Peter and is the third in his run of investigations.