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On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 13:40:24 -0700, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

Hello denizens of the deep called sf.written,

"Moon over Soho" by Ben Aaronovitch

A Ballantine paperback 288 pages from 2011.

<snip>

A friend recommended the series to me last month, and I've been
devouring them at the rate of about one a week since then (being
semi-retired does have its advantages).

Finished the 10th, "False Value" last night, and about to start the
short story collection "Tales from the Folly". I enjoyed FV
particularly since Peter's investigations take him with a quarter mile
of my house and the police station next door to where I work.
--
Jerry Brown

A cat may look at a king
(but probably won't bother)
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On 22/9/25 06:40, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

Hello denizens of the deep called sf.written,

"Moon over Soho" by Ben Aaronovitch

A Ballantine paperback 288 pages from 2011.

Somehow I had missed this novel earlier.
-a-a-a It tell us everything we might want to know about Peter Grant (apprentice wizard and Police Constable) and-a Thomas Nightengale,
his teacher and survivor of-a the terribly wizardly battles of WW II
which-a killed over 2000 of his fellows. While he has been-a growing
younger he has taken an apprentice-a which leaves me with the
questions of why and or how-a did Peter Grant come to his attention.
I did-a read the precursor to this story-a some time-a back when their associate Leslie a PC female-a was mutilated by the Faceless Man,
-aa rogue-a wizard who threatens them all and who has-a the power
-ato create chimeras like Cat Girls-a and Tiger Men.-a While the
-aFaceless Wizard is-a a problems we have also the Pale Lady who
-aseems-a to have the Vagina Dentata and Jazz Vampires
-asurviving from the 1930s.
-a-a-a-a I did have to unwillingly put the book down-a from time to time
-a to attend to other matters plus-a in this edition the typeface is small
-a and the book-a is getting along in years and harder to read.
-a-a-a-a Now Thomas Nightengale is one of my favorite wizards and Peter
-aGrant is a great apprentice.

-aNow as I mention above this is from 2011 so I wondered if this
-awas still available and it is!

<https://www.abebooks.com/9780575097605/Moon-Over-Soho-Aaronovitch- Ben-0575097604/plp?ref_=
ps_ms_267691761&cm_mmc=msn-_-comus_dsa-_-naa-_- naa&msclkid=dcad313b3e84186c475559eb5e6bef20>

and

<https://www.amazon.com/s? k=aaronovitch+ben&language=en_US&adgrpid=1225956548166465&hvadid= 76622418183351&hvbmt=bp&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=87379&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=p&hvtargid=kwd-76622646721297%
3Aloc-190&hydadcr=26838_11736058&mcid=8b57c03e6265301cb6c2a0ee5f17f66b&msclkid=
3a3584b851461052bc4dec68312702ff&tag=txtstdbgdt-20&ref=pd_sl_7ibx4vyv4t_p>

So I will just finish by saying that this is a very enjoyable SF book
part of a series of very enjoyable SF books featuring the same lead characters and many others.-a It make me wish for more room for books
and more money to spend on them.-a Oh yes I found this copy at the
San Francisco Public Library Main branch.

-a-a-a-a-a-a-a bliss

The Rivers of London series is very enjoyable, particularly if you like
a bit of Architecture-porn. :-)

The later books and graphic novels move a bit away from Peter Grant, but they're still bloody good!

Cheers,
Gary B-)
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