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My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the outrageously perky WPC Leslie May. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from someone who was dead but disturbingly voluable, and that brought me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in England.

Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.

I read this a year or so ago and really enjoyed it.

Being released in the Book Swap game at the 2018 UK Uncon.

This was the book I got in the book swap game - looking forward to reading it!

I suspected I was going to enjoy this and I wasn't disappointed. The idea is good and the story is very readable and funny. Thank you for sharing!

Taking it to the annual Convention in Mainz.

Taking it to the annual Convention in Mainz.

Looks like my kind of stuff! Thanks for bringing it!

Took it from the book buffet at the BookCrossing Anniversary Convention in Mainz.

Update, 28 May 2019: I really loved it and will surely keep a lookout for other parts of this series! Recognized a lot of places while reading, especially the crime scene in St. Martin's Court, which happens to be very close to the exact spot where I once nearly bumped into Martin (!) Freeman.

Nach dem letzten Bauwagen-MeetUp im selbigen verblieben. Viel Spaß dem/der nächsten Leser(in)!

It apparently stayed on after the last meetup. To the next reader: Have fun!