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?

Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short story collection from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must read for any Rivers of London fan.Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover whats haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River LuggWith an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.This collection includes:The Home Crowd AdvantageThe DomesticThe CockpitThe Loneliness of the Long-Distance GrannyKing of The RatsA Rare Book of Cunning DeviceA Dedicated Follower of FashionFavourite UncleVanessa Sommers Other Christmas ListThree Rivers, Two Husbands and a BabyMoments One-ThreePraise for the Rivers of London series: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 Adamsdont panicyou will love Ben Aaronovitch.

Es hora de llamar de nuevo al agente Peter Grant, el último mago de Gran Bretaña. Es Navidad, y Peter Grant recibe una llamada de la inspectora Stephanopoulos: debe investigar un asesinato en uno de los tuneles del metro de Londres en Baker Street, un lugar tenebroso, humedo y con un pasado muy oscuro. Todos los indicios apuntan a que una fuerza magica ha intervenido en la muerte de la victima, James Gallagher, hijo de un senador estadounidense. El FBI envia a la agente Kimberly Reynolds para colaborar en la investigacion y Peter se vera obligado a ocultarle cualquier atisbo de magia. En las oscuras entrañas de la ciudad, plagadas de cloacas victorianas y rios enterrados, resuenan los susurros de unos espiritus torturados que buscan venganza"Las novelas de Aaronovitch son divertidas, encantadoras, ingeniosas y emocionantes, y dibujan un mundo magico muy cerca del nuestro."The Independent

¿Podrá el agente Peter Grant detener al mago más peligroso de Londres?El cuerpo mutilado de una mujer y ni rastro de magia: eso es lo único que el agente Peter Grant encuentra en la escena del crimen. Pero tiene razones para creer que el asesino practica la magia Todas las pistas apuntan al mismo lugar: el Skygarden, una torre diseñada por un loco y habitada por personas desesperadas. Dispuestos a resolver el misterio,Peter Grant y su mentor, el inspector Nightingale, se adentraran en las tinieblas mas alla del Tamesis, donde se esconden los secretos mas oscuros de Londres."Las novelas de Aaronovitch son divertidas, encantadoras, ingeniosas y emocionantes, y dibujan un mundo magico muy cerca del nuestro."The Independent

Vuelve Peter Grant, el detective más mágico de Scotland Yard. Cyrus Wilkins, bajista de jazz por las noches y contable de día, sufre un ataque al corazón durante una actuación en el Club 606 del Soho. Cuando el detective de Scotland Yard y aprendiz de mago Peter Grant examina su cadaver, no puede evitar fijarse en la cancion que emerge del cuerpo de la victima? un claro indicio de que una fuerza sobrenatural acabo con su vida. Con la ayuda de su padre, el famoso trompetista Lord Grant; el inspector Nightingale, el ultimo mago de Inglaterra; y la hermosa y misteriosa aficionada al jazz Simone Fitzwilliam, Peter tratara de acabar con una magia muy poderosa que amenaza la vida en el celebre y pintoresco barrio del Soho.