False Value: Book 8 in the #1 bestselling Rivers of London series (A Rivers of London novel)

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But they'd rather confiscate it for safe keeping, not unlike Professor Postmartin, the great confiscator himself. Overall False Value is an excellent Peter Grant novel, and - despite being quite a departure from the rest of the series - it felt like it harked back to the earlier novels before they became a little too bogged down in the resolution of the Faceless Man story arc. Once you get into it, the historical tech world is fascinating but the story is pretty confusing for the first few chapters. Although I love the series there are starting to be too many loose ends, what’s happened to all the magic from the sky gardens, the faceless man although dead just dropped, Lesley not mentioned. By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file.

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. While I felt that there was a definite shift in the feel of this book compared to the previous seven (which seems fitting since this book’s cover is black while the others are all cream), I still enjoyed False Value immensely. I also felt like there was a lot of ret-conning about Bev’s Russian thug who is now her one (and only–parenthetical always added) acolyte. I’d encourage you to try the first book if you’re unfamiliar with the series, but I’m sad to say that I won’t be reading any more of Rivers of London.I’ve always got a kick out of his dry humor and a healthy dose of self-deprecation and his Millenial-ness (yup, that’s a word, I swear) - but once I think about it there has not been much emotional growth there since the first book in the series. The new characters introduced in this one, while most are probably only going to be in this one, were deep and developed and interesting.

Its owner, an Australian tech billionaire, appears to be involved in a secret project that has some link to the theft of a historical, possibly magical, artefact. Peter briefly gets to look into the “eye” of something dark and malevolent when a portal opens up at the end of the book. Examples include novels by Ilona Andrews, Mary Balogh, Aster Glenn Gray, Helen Hoang, Piper Huguley, Lisa Kleypas, Jeannie Lin, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Naomi Novik, Nalini Singh, and Megan Whalen Turner. Gallery images of our book boxes show an example of what may be included – treat and gift content may differ.It's just like old times again, but this time, Peter isn't a bumbling rookie and Nightingale is beginning to treat him more like a colleague and less like a student, possibly easing him into the role as head of the Folly one of these days. Whether he’s being snarky or just describing the quirks of investigative work, his wry sense of humor comes through.

But then the job grows complicated when he uncovers a fellow magic practitioner during his investigation of the recent break-ins, and realizes the two of them have a hist Have enjoyed the series up until now and loved the strange and sometimes wonderful charaters, but oh dear! The story is as twisty as I’ve come to expect and I love the character development with Guleed, Peter and Bev in particular.

Some of the stuff about the history of the mary engine was hard to follow, and I still don’t entirely understand how the villain(s) was / were able to accomplish all that they did. The previous book wrapped up a long-running Faceless Man arc of this series; this one is setting up a new arc.