Amongst Our Weapons
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- Author：Ben Aaronovitch
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Summary
The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant， detective and apprentice wizard， as he solves magical crimes in the city of London。
There is a world hidden underneath this great city。
The London Silver Vaults–for well over a century， the largest collection of silver for sale in the world。 It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up。 Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace–only that’s what happened。
The disappearing act， the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit。
Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale， the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London’s tangled history， foreign lands and， most terrifying of all， the North！
And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now。 But what he doesn’t know is that he’s about to encounter something–and somebody–that nobody ever expects…
Effortlessly original， endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining–step into the world of the much-loved， Number One bestselling Rivers of London series。
There is a world hidden underneath this great city。
The London Silver Vaults–for well over a century， the largest collection of silver for sale in the world。 It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up。 Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace–only that’s what happened。
The disappearing act， the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit。
Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale， the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London’s tangled history， foreign lands and， most terrifying of all， the North！
And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now。 But what he doesn’t know is that he’s about to encounter something–and somebody–that nobody ever expects…
Effortlessly original， endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining–step into the world of the much-loved， Number One bestselling Rivers of London series。
Reviews
Ken
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My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available to me。Yet another satisfying "Rivers of London" book。 It's always nice to to see a bit of Peter's home life， and this book doesn't disappoint in that regard。 We also get a little bit more background on the British magician organizations （now mostly defunct） of the early 20th century。 There are a few loose ends in this book that could easily form the basis for further books in this series， giving us hope that there will indeed be mo My thanks to NetGalley for making an eARC of this book available to me。Yet another satisfying "Rivers of London" book。 It's always nice to to see a bit of Peter's home life， and this book doesn't disappoint in that regard。 We also get a little bit more background on the British magician organizations （now mostly defunct） of the early 20th century。 There are a few loose ends in this book that could easily form the basis for further books in this series， giving us hope that there will indeed be more books forthcoming。 。。。more
Ron
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Ben Aaronovitch has done it again！ He sucked me into a very strange London where Peter Grant， Nightingale， and the Folly crew need to stop a killer before she kills again！ The problems just mount up as a death in the London Silver Vault leads to a torture victim in an apartment and then attacks on others。 There is also the issue of Lesley's warning and appearances and the fact that Peter needs to wrap up this case very soon since Beverly is about to give birth to twins and he needs to be present Ben Aaronovitch has done it again！ He sucked me into a very strange London where Peter Grant， Nightingale， and the Folly crew need to stop a killer before she kills again！ The problems just mount up as a death in the London Silver Vault leads to a torture victim in an apartment and then attacks on others。 There is also the issue of Lesley's warning and appearances and the fact that Peter needs to wrap up this case very soon since Beverly is about to give birth to twins and he needs to be present， or else！ So a very fun addition to the Rivers of London series that brings Peter new headaches and joys。 Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read this tale！ 。。。more
Siria
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Readable but rote。 The plot is a bit of a retread of some previous books， and I never found myself at all invested in what happened to the characters at the centre of it—there was a lack of tension to it all that I found reminiscent of False Value， the previous installment in the series。 I appreciate the clear work that Ben Aaronovitch is putting into broadening the scope of his magical world and having Peter learn new things about how it works and the possibilities of magic， but I did get the f Readable but rote。 The plot is a bit of a retread of some previous books， and I never found myself at all invested in what happened to the characters at the centre of it—there was a lack of tension to it all that I found reminiscent of False Value， the previous installment in the series。 I appreciate the clear work that Ben Aaronovitch is putting into broadening the scope of his magical world and having Peter learn new things about how it works and the possibilities of magic， but I did get the feeling while reading that Aaronovitch doesn't feel very driven to write the series anymore and is simply going through the motions because it's been so successful。 Mostly， though， I'm just a bit sad that Peter and Nightingale don't even seem like friends anymore， when their partnership/mentorship was one of the things I enjoyed most about the first few RoL books。 。。。more
June
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11。 Feb。 2022: Calling it right now: Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition！
Trin
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Nightingale has become the most criminally underutilized character in these books; it drives me insane。
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