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1) False value
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Rivers of London volume 8
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English
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Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with emigre Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter...
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Rivers of London volume 7
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English
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Martin Chorley, aka the Faceless Man, wanted for many 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...
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Rivers of London volume 6
Language
English
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Suspicious deaths are not usually the concern of PC Peter Grant or the Folly, even when they happen at an exclusive party in one of the most expensive apartment blocks in London. But Lady Ty's daughter was there, and Peter owes Lady Ty a favour. Plunged into the alien world of the super-rich, where the basements are bigger than the house and dangerous, arcane items are bought and sold on the open market, a sensible young copper would keep his head...
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Series
Sword of Truth volume 1
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Deep in the upper Ven Forest, close to the Boundry, woodsman Richard Cypher is intent on tracking down his father's killers. Richard has no idea of how far his quest will take him from home, nor that his world, his very beliefs, are about to be shattered... Kahlan Amnell, tormented by treachery and loss, is being hunted, pursued remorselessly by a bloodthirsty tyrant's assassins. A monstrous evil is about to be unleashed upon the world and she knows...
5) Broken homes
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Series
Rivers of London volume 4
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil - an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial killer? Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case, a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case load. So far so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on a housing...
6) Uprooted
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Winner of the 2016 Nebula Award for Best Novel Winner of the 2016 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Winner of the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel Shortlisted for the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novel A dark enchantment blights the land in the award-winning Uprooted - a enthralling, mythic fantasy by Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series. Agnieszka loves her village,...
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Series
Rivers of London volume 2
Language
English
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Peter Grant is not just a lowly detective constable: he's also apprenticed to the last wizard in Britain! Policing will never be the same again!
Author
Series
Rivers of London volume 1
Language
English
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Staff Picks:
Peter Grant, a newly qualified police constable, becomes the first apprentice wizard in 50 years. Brilliantly realised characters, really descriptive writing and a well developed world/universe for them to take place in. Sometimes described as what would happen if Harry potter joined the Police, they are much more than this, written for an adult audience and very funny
Picked by Luke
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Series
The Temeraire volume 9
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Language
English
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Now, with LEAGUE OF DRAGONS, Novik brings the imaginative tour-de-force that has captivated millions to an unforgettable finish. Napoleon?s invasion of Russia has been roundly thwarted. But even as Capt. William Laurence and the dragon Temeraire pursue the retreating enemy through an unforgiving winter, Napoleon is raising a new force, and he?ll soon have enough men and dragons to resume the offensive. While the emperor regroups, the allies have an...
11) Foxglove summer
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Series
Rivers of London volume 5
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
When two young girls go missing in rural Herefordshire, police constable and wizard-in-training Peter Grant is sent out of London to check that nothing supernatural is involved. It?s purely routine - Nightingale, Peter?s superior, thinks he?ll be done in less than a day. But Peter?s never been one to walk away from someone in trouble, so when nothing overtly magical turns up, he volunteers his services to the local police who need all the help they...
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Series
The Song of the Tears volume 1
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After 10 years of servitude, Nish is about to be released from the blackest prison of his corrupt father, the maimed God-Emperor, Jal-Nish Hlar. Using the sorcerous Profane Tears, Gatherer and Reaper, Jal-Nish has crushed all opposition and is remaking Santhenar in his depraved image. The oppressed peoples of the world see Nish as a messianic figure, the Deliverer, who promised long ago to return and cast down his father. Unfortunately, Nish has no...
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Rivers of London volume 3
Language
English
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Peter Grant is a Detective Constable in the Metropolitan Police. He is also the first trainee wizard in the Met for 50 years. In the tunnels of London's Underground, the buried rivers, the Victorian sewers, he is hearing whispers of ancient arts and tortured, vengeful spirits.
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Series
The Harry Potter volume 5
Language
English
Description
This novel by J.K. Rowling continues the further adventures of boy wizard Harry and his friends. Harry is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School, and what he is about to discover will turn his world upside down.
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