Rivers of London
core novel 2011 Rivers of London
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.84 (155,906 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 392 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575097582 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Rivers of London, published in the United States as Midnight Riot, opens the Peter Grant series with its title character, a probationary constable in London's Metropolitan Police, witnessing a ghost while guarding a crime scene. The encounter draws him into a small, secretive branch of the police that deals with magic, and he becomes the first person in decades to be formally apprenticed as a wizard, training under the enigmatic Detective Chief Inspector Thomas Nightingale. Grant is soon juggling two connected problems: a spate of ordinary Londoners suddenly committing shocking, out-of-character acts of violence, and a brewing conflict between rival deities of the River Thames who each claim authority over the city's waterways.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rivers of London
- Series: Peter Grant core; position 1 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 1 of 10: next Moon Over Soho (2011)
- Internal chronology, within Rivers of London: position 1 of 15: next Moon Over Soho (2011)
Sources
← Rivers of London dossier · All universes
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