Foxglove Summer
core novel 2014 Rivers of London
Record
| First published | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.20 (51,534 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 377 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781409149958 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
In the fifth Peter Grant novel, the London-based apprentice wizard travels to rural Herefordshire to help investigate the disappearance of two young girls, a case that soon reveals unmistakably magical elements. His inquiry brings him into contact with a retired wizard from the Second World War, a woman with an unusual connection to bees, the local river goddess of Beverley Brook, and mounting evidence that fairies and other creatures of English folklore persist in the present-day countryside. Grant comes to suspect that the missing children may have been taken by fairies and that changelings could have been left in their place, a possibility with genuinely dangerous implications. The investigation eventually draws him into an alternate version of Britain, still covered by ancient forest, where he must rely on unconventional knowledge to navigate a world untouched by modern civilization.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rivers of London
- Series: Peter Grant core; position 5 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 5 of 10: previous Broken Homes (2013) · next The Hanging Tree (2016)
- Internal chronology, within Rivers of London: position 5 of 15: previous Broken Homes (2013) · next The Furthest Station (2017)
Sources
← Rivers of London dossier · All universes
Part of the Library. Fields without an identified source are omitted, never guessed.