Books tagged with: police procedural
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![Frankenstein.comHylton H Smith]()
Science FictionFrankenstein.com follows the sleuth DCI Jack Renton who we were first introduced to earlier this year in Resident Fear . Another murderer is on the loose in the northeast of England and this time it's a much more macabre, chilling murder scene that the detectives are drawn to. A horrific picture tha...
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![Resident FearHylton H Smith]()
Science FictionIt's the year 2018 and Britain has been expelled from the European Union. Over in the Northeast of the country the body of a wealthy Industrialist is found, draped at the base of the iconic sculpture - The Angel of the North. D.C.I. Jack Renton soon begins to understand that this isn't a simple murd...
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![Something Coming ThroughPaul McAuley]()
Science FictionA near future that sees an altered world, changed by flooding, climate change and terrorism. The biggest change however is by the arrival of the aliens who call themselves the Jackaroo. The Jackaroo seem to be Earths hope and salvation, saving it from itself. At last the question of whether we are a...
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![Asbury ParkRobb Scott]()
FantasyTen weeks ago Homicide Detective Sailor Doyle worked on his first ever solo case, a horrific double murder in a remote area of Virginia that almost finished him for good. Now he's recuperating from the physical wounds and mental trauma, the near death experience acting as a focus to overcome his oth...
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![Broken HomesBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyBroken Homes is the fourth novel in Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series and each one gets better and better - this one though has a completely unexpected twist at the end that I guarantee will leave you breathless and have you clambering through the book looking for the clues along the way. One of...
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![London FallingPaul Cornell]()
FantasyLondon Falling is the first in Paul Cornell's Shadow Police series. For those who don't know, Paul Cornell is an award winning author who writes across a variety of media and one of only two people to have been Hugo nominated for prose, TV and comics. He's also written a number of Doctor Who stories...
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![Moon Over SohoBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyReviewed by Ed Prior. Moon Over Soho is the second novel in Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series about Metropolitan Police Constable and trainee wizard Peter Grant and his magical mentor DCI Thomas Nightingale. Moon Over Soho finds PC Peter Grant still living with the fallout from his first enc...
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![PowersBrian Michael Bendis]()
FantasyA continuation of the story from the comic books, Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim is a standalone novel, that links into the comic book story arc. Fans of the Playstation Network TV series may notice a few inconsistencies in terms of the background of its principle character, Deena Pilgr...
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![Rivers of LondonBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyRivers of London is an urban fantasy novel by Ben Aaronovitch. Peter Grant was just a probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police Force and faced a life in the drudgery of the Case Progression Unit (doing paperwork so real coppers don't have to). Then one night, on a cold, wet night while inve...
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![The Edge of ReasonMelinda Snodgrass]()
FantasyReading the quote on the cover ("War between science and superstition") along with the image could lead you to believe that The Edge of Reason is a sword and sorcery fantasy or religious thriller. It isn't. Instead it's a modern day Urban fantasy that rides the popular wave of police-procedural nove...
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![Whispers UndergroundBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyAs with many urban fantasy detective novels, Whispers Underground starts with the discovery of a body. On this occasion its an American exchange student with a wealthy, politically powerful family who is found brutally murdered at the far end of the Baker street tube station. With the pressure of an...
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![The Hanging TreeBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyThe Hanging Tree is the sixth novel in the Rivers of London series. For those who have yet to experience these wonderful books imagine an Urban Fantasy with police procedural elements, warmly written with a disarming humour and celebrating the many hidden rivers that wonder through London (with exce...
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![The Furthest StationBen Aaronovitch]()
Science FictionThe Furthest Station is a new novella that continues the adventures of PC Grant and the Folly in the Rivers of London series, investigating crimes that are a bit more out of the ordinary. PC Grant joins British Transport Police officer Jaget Kumar to investigate ghost sightings on the Metropolitan l...
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![The Gone WorldTom Sweterlitsch]()
Science FictionThis Christmas a member of the family introduced me to NCIS. For those who have yet to discover this long-running US-based TV show it's a police-procedural series that follows the Naval Criminal Investigation Service. Until this time I hadn't even known such an organisation existed, not to mention t...
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![From Distant StarsSam Peters]()
Science FictionFrom Distant Stars is the follow-up to Sam Peter's impressive debut From Darkest Skies . Detective Keon Rause has mostly come to terms with the death of his wife five years previously and his illegally created AI Liss has gone - presumably destroyed. He's tasked with investigating the death of milit...
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![Lies SleepingBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyLies Sleeping is the seventh book (eighth if you count The Furthest Station) in the impressive River of London urban fantasy series, following Peter Grant - detective constable for the metropolitan police and apprentice wizard. It looks like time may finally be up for the Faceless Man (Martin Chorle...
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![Amongst Our WeaponsBen Aaronovitch]()
FantasyA long running series is a mixed blessing. You can return to the same characters over the books, but too often a series becomes stale quickly and the characters seem to live in statis were they never change. This can never be said of the excellent Rivers of London novels by Ben Aaronovitch and the n...
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