Rivers of London My name is Peter Grant, and until January 1 was a probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service, and to everyone else as the Filth. My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit -- we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to. Th... more »en one night I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was already dead but disturbingly voluble, and that led me to Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England. And that, as they say, is where the story really starts. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, and my world has become somewhat more complicated. There's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious, vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of the chaos -- or to die trying. Which, I don't mind telling you, would involve hell of a lot of paperwork.« less