Ben Aaronovitch was born in London in 1964 and had the kind of
dull, routine childhood that drives a man either to drink or to
science fiction. He is a screenwriter, with early notable success
on BBC's legendary Doctor Who, for which he wrote some episodes now
widely regarded as classics, and which even he is quite fond of.
After a decade of such work, he decided it was time to show the
world what he could really do, and he embarked on his first serious
original novel. The result was Midnight Riot, the debut adventure
of Peter Grant, followed by Moon over Soho and Whispers under
Ground.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is a Ghanaian-born British actor who has
appeared on stage, screen, and television. A graduate of the
Guildford School of Acting, he won a Manchester Evening News
Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his
performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
"A realistic modern-day police procedural populated by increasingly
solid characters and written in the same consistently witty style
as the first Peter Grant novel [Midnight Riot]...One of the most
entertaining books I've read in a long time."-- "Fantasy
Literature"
"A terrific follow-up to [Aaronovitch's] novel Midnight Riot, the
debut of Peter Grant and his own weird London. Grant continues to
learn the ropes of magical London, a process that takes him on a
trip through Nightingale's haunted past and into some of the most
interesting places you won't find on any official tour. Aaronovitch
makes the story sing, building momentum until the ending is
literally breathless."-- "SF Revu"
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