Rivers Of London
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Rivers Of London

Author: Aaronovitch, Ben
Ah, detective urban fantasy but with a decidedly police procedural bent. If you like the idea of Dresden but hate the over-the-top, break all magical rules on a whim aspect of Dresden, then Peter Grant's Rivers of London will be your savior. It's basically about a detective who stumbles upon the hidden existence of magic during the course a strange murder investigation and ends up becoming an apprentice wizard-in-training for a special supernatural brand of the British police force.This one merges traditional police procedural detective fiction with Urban Fantasy and does it very well indeed. There's nothing quite like it to be honest if you want a more traditional detective police story mixed in with some Dresden, this is the one for you. It's far less action orientated though, so keep that in mind.

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