Broken Homes
core novel 2013 Rivers of London
Record
| First published | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.16 (56,997 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 357 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575132474 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
In the fourth Peter Grant novel, a routine traffic accident brings Peter Grant and DCI Thomas Nightingale to the scene of a crash in which human blood is discovered inside the vehicle, a discovery that soon connects to a hidden murder victim. Their investigation traces links between the suspect and former members of an Oxford University dining society who once received magical training, as well as a formidable Soviet-era witch operating on the fringes of their case. The pair grow convinced that a modern residential tower called Skygarden lies at the center of the mystery, with Peter theorizing that the building itself may have been constructed as a large-scale magical experiment. To get closer to the truth, and to the group's recurring adversary known as the Faceless Man, Peter goes undercover among the tower's residents while the team quietly prepares magical defenses against an escalating threat.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rivers of London
- Series: Peter Grant core; position 4 of 10 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ben Aaronovitch
Notes
- From the series record (Peter Grant): 10 full-length main-sequence novels (2011-2025), ongoing.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Peter Grant: position 4 of 10: previous Whispers Under Ground (2012) · next Foxglove Summer (2014)
- Internal chronology, within Rivers of London: position 4 of 15: previous Whispers Under Ground (2012) · next Foxglove Summer (2014)
Sources
← Rivers of London dossier · All universes
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