Lies Sleeping
Book 7 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series
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4.4 • 553 Ratings
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- £5.49
Publisher Description
Book 7 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.
In London, the past is never dead. It only lies sleeping...
Martin Chorley - aka the Faceless Man - wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice.
But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long-term plan. A plan that has its roots in London's two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees.
To save his beloved city Peter's going to need help from his former best friend and colleague - Lesley May - who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch...
Praise for the Rivers of London novels:
'Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London'
NICK FROST
'As brilliant and funny as ever'
THE SUN
'Charming, witty, exciting'
THE INDEPENDENT
'An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups'
THE TIMES
Discover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - don't panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitch's imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Aaronovitch's seventh Peter Grant urban fantasy (after 2016's The Hanging Tree) is more funny than memorable, with the plot overshadowed by the laugh-out-loud prose. Peter, a London police detective constable assigned to the pursuit of paranormal crime, has magic powers himself, and is also an extreme nerd able to distinguish between the depictions of dwarfish iconography in Tolkien's books and those in filmed adaptations. He's on the trail of Martin Chorley, the wizard known as Faceless Man II, who's viewed as a major security threat to the U.K. Chorley has begun stealing artifacts, apparently as part of a plan to "bring back King Arthur... the one that was totally made up by a bunch of Welsh Nationalists and romantic Frenchmen." Aaronovitch's adeptness at injecting humor into the story outweighs the lessening of suspense that results, and his fans will delight in this outing.
Customer Reviews
Lies sleeping review
Book 7 of the Peter Grant/Rivers of London series. Our hero leads a merry tale of magic based detective ness and accidental destruction around London.
The magic squad continues to grow in size and importance. Not surprised when the memory of Boudicca is invoked at one point.
As always, interesting reading about London from different angles.
And we make an important discovery about Molly the housemaid 🧚♀️
Blurgh. I’ve not read the novellas or graphic novels so this didn’t make sense
Generally the storyline was ok, very thrown by how much the story has developed from all of the novellas and graphic novels. I liked the first books but I’m not going to invest in all of the other material so now I feel the series is “off” for me. There was so much reference to plots that have happened in said other material that I got rather irritated. Also I found some sentences incomplete, perhaps my baby brain! Ben, you’ve lost me and I’m out. Thanks for the story thus far but not even the cliffhangers at the end could save it.
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As always, a good read. I have been waiting for this follow up for what seams a long time!
I think a first time reader would have got lost early on as this one lakes the normal background info for a series.
I look forward to the next!