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There have been ghosts on the London Underground, sad, harmless spectres whose presence does little more than give a frisson to travelling and boost tourism. But now there’s a rash of sightings on the Metropolitan Line and these ghosts are frightening, aggressive and seem to be looking for something.

Enter PC Peter Grant, junior member of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Assessment unit a.k.a. The Folly a.k.a. the only police officers whose official duties include ghost hunting. Together with Jaget Kumar, his counterpart at the British Transport Police, he must brave the terrifying crush of London’s rush hour to find the source of the ghosts.

Joined by Peter’s wannabe wizard cousin, a preschool river god and Toby the ghost hunting dog, their investigation takes a darker tone as they realise that a real person’s life might just be on the line.

And time is running out to save them.

With this new novella, bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch has crafted yet another wickedly funny and surprisingly affecting chapter in his beloved Rivers of London series.

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File Size: 330 KB
Print Length: 129 pages
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Publication Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
ASIN: B071VTZ42X
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Nopetopus

Short and disconnected

July 5, 2017

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This latest installment of the Peter Grant series focuses (finally) on Abigail, Peter's cousin who wants to learn magic, and a fairly meh mystery about ghosts on the metro.

Some key things to know:
1. This is a novella, not a novel, and it feels thin even for a novella. There's no movement on the larger plotlines of the series, and beyond the group from the folly we don't see most of the usual characters.
2. The mystery here is weak. It felt like a distraction from the Abigail story, and Peter literally uses it to delay action on that front.
3. However, our impression of Abigail changes through the book, and by the end I had more sympathy for her than for Peter. I'm hoping we see more of this Abigail as the series progresses.

If you like the series, it's an entertaining read, but I'd wait to get it from the library or on sale- it's not really worth the full novel price.

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Bedtime Sleuth

So disappointed

July 3, 2017

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I have loved this series until now. The Folly, humour, the Rivers, the music references and the commentary on architecture and town planning. A delightful world to immerse oneself in.
And, to be fair, all those elements made brief appearances in this novella.
Therein lies the problem. Everything was brief, skipped over, half-formed. It read like a draft for the proper novel to come. The storyboard for a Tv episode, perhaps. Or for a graphic novel.

Gone was the joy in the language, the inner worlds, the interwoven storylines. The cleverness.

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Simon Pot

I love the Rivers of London Stories. I'm not a fan of ghost stories...

July 29, 2017

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...nor a huge fan of novellas, so take that into account.

The final third of the story is engaging and fun and a full-on "Rivers of London" experience. The first 2/3rds is a little tedious.

In general, I'm torn by Aaronovitch's side projects (the graphic novels and this novella). On the one hand, it's nice to not have to go terribly long in between visits with PC Grant and Nightingale and company.

On the other hand, I can't help but to wonder if all these side excursions prevent him from producing the full novels at a faster rate, which would be a shame. I am happy for him that (I imagine anyway) he has found a relatively lucrative way to expand his Rivers Franchise, but, on the other hand, the full novels are always going to be the meat and the heart of The Story, and it will be a shame if he is denying both himself and me (I mean his wider readership) the fullest joy of the fullest possible compliment of novels over time.

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Shorter than I expected but vintage Peter Grant

June 30, 2017

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This 144-page novelette starring Constable and Apprentice Wizard Peter Grant is a short, sweet urban fairy tale with talking foxes and a modern-day princess who is in sore need of rescue. You will recall Peter's partner in "The Furthest Station," Sergeant Jaget Kumar as a member of the "world's first ever Anglo-American Olympic sewer luge team" in "Whispers Underground."

As a matter of fact, much of the action in "The Furthest Station" also takes place under London in the huge Victorian labyrinth of transportation tubes, where ghosts keep popping up on the crowded commuter trains and disturbing the general public.

Peter and Jaget are riding the trains themselves, hoping for a supernatural encounter of their own, and Peter comments: "It’s amazing how even on the most crowded Tube train a police uniform can clear a good ten centimetres of personal space all around your body. The other commuters will literally climb into each other’s armpits to avoid touching you. Maybe they think it’s bad luck or something."

As you can see from the above, this latest entry in the Peter Grant series carries on with the tongue-in-cheek first-person narrative style that made all the previous books in this series so un-put-downable.

Peter's young cousin, Abigail Kumara is enlisted in the ghost hunt as an unpaid teenage intern. For one thing, she has already displayed a talent for finding ghosts (see "Whispers Underground") and has suckered her cousin into promising to teach her magic. "A promise is a promise, or as [Peter's mentor and senior wizard] Nightingale put it, 'Either your word is good or it’s worthless.'”

Although I was disappointed at its brevity, "The Furthest Station" is still vintage Aaronovitch and well worth reading.

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Jenny Crusie Smith

Feels unfinished (but still good)

July 1, 2017

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This is an excellent beginning to what would probably be an equally excellent story, except that it feels unfinished. I realize it's a novella, it's not the length that left me unsatisfied, it's that there are so many pieces here that never come together, that at the end, I thought maybe I'd downloaded the sample by accident (and I was definitely ready to buy the rest). It's still quite wonderful to read, but the ending is abrupt and leaves too many things in a to-be-continued state. If you're going to start stories about jars, Chess, and Abigail, at least give them resolutions. It reads as set-up, not a complete story. Fortunately, it's a terrific set-up.

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Jordan Wong

Peter Grant Returns

Nice little novella, I wish it was longer, but it was very enjoyable. I can hardly wait for his next book.

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So worth it!

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Candy for book lovers!

Another book in this delightful series. I have enjoyed every one and I am looking forward to a new book this fall.

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louise3anne

The Furthest Station, A Review

Another great PC Grant story from Ben Aaronovitch, this time, about ghosts. I wish it had been longer. A wonderful world.

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Dom Bucciarelli

Classic Peter Grant Casework

Great story, classic Peter Grant stuck between the paranormal, police work, and his precocious teenage intern/cousin. Enjoyed the tour of the countryside and London commuter lines.

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James_er_en_steg

... Aaranovitch's Peter Grant is a fanstastic character in a dull and humdrum world

Ben Aaranovitch's Peter Grant is a fanstastic character in a dull and humdrum world. Or is it the other way around.
Anyway great read. :-)

Published 3 months ago

S. Yates

Fun novella in the Rivers of London series

Fun novella in the Rivers of London series, this time with the world of ghosts partially explored and some expansion of Abigail's studies as she seeks to be taken on as an...Read more

Published 4 months ago

Ms. Jen

I Love this Story

Just re-read it for a second time. The Furthest Station is the best parts of the Folly/Rivers-verse as it fleshes out the universe that Aaronovitch has created in a lovely,...Read more

Published 4 months ago

Amazon Customer

Three Stars

An intersting read as usual.

Published 4 months ago

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