BODY AND SOUL The song. That’s what London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant first notices when he examines the corpse of Cyrus Wilkins, part-time jazz drummer and full-time accountant, who dropped dead of a heart attack while playing a gig at Soho’s 606 Club. The notes of the old jazz standard are rising from the body—a sure sign that something about the man’s death was not at … was not at all natural but instead supernatural.
Body and soul—they’re also what Peter will risk as he investigates a pattern of similar deaths in and around Soho. With the help of his superior officer, Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, and the assistance of beautiful jazz aficionado Simone Fitzwilliam, Peter will uncover a deadly magical menace—one that leads right to his own doorstep and to the squandered promise of a young jazz musician: a talented trumpet player named Richard “Lord” Grant—otherwise known as Peter’s dear old dad.
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I really love the world building in this series. It’s so engrained into the society, no one really bats an eye about magic. Well most usually roll their eyes like it’s some annoying secret of London that they’d rather not have to deal with. Which is a hilarious way to address the public knowing about magic.
The love of music, mixed with the love …
I highly recommend listening to the audiobooks. The narrator is sooo good.
Moon Over Soho continues a few months after Rivers of London, though the plots are not connected. As I enjoyed the first book, I delved into the second.
*** What to expect
More police-procedural type British crime drama, but our intrepid detective is dealing with (and dealing out) magic. This time the scene is all about jazz and Soho nightlife, …
This is one of my favorite series of all time, and this book is even better than the first. The snarky humor is spot on and the story lines twist and turn until Aaronovitch untangles them in a wonderfully satisfying way.