The Furthest Station
A Rivers of London Novella
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4.0 • 266 Ratings
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Publisher Description
A Rivers of London novella, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.
There's something going bump on the Metropolitan line and Sergeant Jaget Kumar knows exactly who to call. It's PC Peter Grant's speciality...
Only it's more than going 'bump'. Traumatised travellers have been reporting strange encounters on their morning commute, with strangely dressed people trying to deliver an urgent message. Stranger still, despite calling the police themselves, within a few minutes the commuters have already forgotten the encounter - making the follow up interviews rather difficult.
So with a little help from Abigail and Toby the ghost hunting dog, Peter and Jaget are heading out on a ghost hunting expedition. Because finding the ghost and deciphering their urgent message might just be a matter of life and death.
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 and novellas.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Aaronovitch's novella featuring PC Peter Grant of London's Special Assessment Unit (aka the Folly), which has the brief of investigating "disruptive phantasmagoria," is an excellent entry point to the Peter Grant series for newcomers who like their urban fantasies rendered with a light touch. Reports of a ghost on the Metropolitan Line of the London Underground prompt Peter to investigate, and he soon finds an eyewitness who saw a man fade out from view right in front of her eyes. But others who had reported having been assaulted by a "man who wasn't there" are less cooperative: seven complainants deny that anything untoward ever happened and even that they'd made complaints in the first place. The story is intriguing enough to pull readers along, and Peter's dry humor will linger in the memory: at one point he describes a shopping center that artfully combines "a complete lack of aesthetic quality with a total disregard for the utilitarian function for which it is built."
Customer Reviews
Too short
I really like the combination of modern policing with a bit of fantasy.
I have been looking forward to another book by Ben, but this book starts to build the suspense and suddenly it's over.
No mention of previous characters, where is Bev, the Thames, Leslie and the faceless man.
This just seems like Ben is trying to make money by producing substandard stories compared to his earlier books.
Let's have detailed stories and suspense with a unexpected ending that we have come to expect in his previous editions.
Where's the rest?
Actually checked to see if something had gone wrong with the download - this is not a full length novel, or even a complete short story. I love this author and love this series, but do not love this offering and am feeling a bit ripped off.
What the ....?
As others are saying, excellent writing, great characters, great start to a story ... Then it’s suddenly over. I too thought something had gone wrong with the download, due not just to the short length (at full price I might add) but the sudden, rushed ending. This has dented my sense of goodwill towards this excellent author and series.