Whispers Under Ground
core novel 2012 Rivers of London
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.15 (66,618 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 418 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780575097667 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
In the third Peter Grant novel, the Metropolitan Police's resident apprentice wizard investigates the killing of an American art student at Baker Street Underground station, who is found dead from wounds inflicted with a fragment of pottery. Following leads that connect an Irish sculptor and a pottery manufacturer to the victim, Grant's inquiry leads him beneath London's streets, where he discovers a hidden, long-established community of supernatural beings known as the Quiet People, who have lived in the city's tunnels since Victorian times. As he works to untangle the professional rivalries and unexpected relationships linking the victim to this underground world, Grant must navigate a secret society existing just out of sight of ordinary London, all while the case's magical dimensions grow more apparent.
Where it sits
- Universe: Rivers of London
- Series: Peter Grant core; position 3 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 3 of 10: previous Moon Over Soho (2011) · next Broken Homes (2013)
- Internal chronology, within Rivers of London: position 3 of 15: previous Moon Over Soho (2011) · next Broken Homes (2013)
Sources
← Rivers of London dossier · All universes
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