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Moon Over Soho [Kindle Edition]

Ben Aaronovitch (Author)
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Told in a narrative voice that seasons laconic humour with a dash of cynicism, the novel is fascinated with the geography and history of London. It is a rich formula with a bittersweet ending. Terrific entertainment and ripe for a series. (THE DAILY TELEGRAPH )

Moon Over Soho is easily as good as its predecessor, but with added jazz. Moon Over Soho is a truly fun read, although it is somewhat darker than its predecessor, and it is also very much an adult book. (THE BOOK ZONE )

Moon Over Soho is highly readable and hugely enjoyable. Definitely a book not to miss! (LOVEVAMPIRES.COM )

The climax is both exhilarating and emotionally affecting, a sign again that Aaronovitch's skills with character will be what bring people back to this series. (SF REVIEWS )

I¿m pleased say I loved this one just as much as the first book, I love Peter¿s incisive and often humorous commentary on police procedures, London itself, and the fantasy word he now inhabits, it makes the book so much fun to read. One of the other things that comes though strongly is not just Peter¿s but also Ben Aaronovitch¿s love of the capital. (BART'S BOOKSHELF )

I enjoyed Moon Over soho immensely. I look forward to the next installment in Peter Grant's rise to the ranks of professional Wizardry. (British Fantasy Society )

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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!
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 543 KB
  • Print Length: 396 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0575097604
  • Publisher: Gollancz (21 April 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B004VF624S
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,019 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
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The second book by Ben to feature his Paranormal Wizard Apprentice Copper, Peter Grant, who this time is thrust into a case that may be too close to home for comfort. As with the original, the sheer scope of this book is amazing, the characters are refreshingly believable and when you add into it quirky twists on already familiar area's of London which will leave the readers clamouring for more.

The prose is light and manageable, the characters outstanding and all in the overall arc is one that will lead the readers to demanding a new title sooner rather than later as Peter and Nightingales own Sith seem to be emerging from the background. All in, this book has been very cleverly done which when added to a wonderful reading experience made this a title that was very hard to put down. If there's only one new author you try this year in the Urban Fantasy genre, make it Aaronovitch, the skills and pace will leave you wondering exactly what spell he's woven within these pages.
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Wonderful. Literally wonderful, in the sense that it is full of wonders.

At my age (72) it is increasingly hard to find novels that I actually want to read, and even harder to find novels which I don't give up on after perhaps 50 pages. But this one works all right.

Provided, of course, you know what to expect, and like what you are led to expect. For this is one of those cross-genre books. It's part police-procedural, part fantasy (since it's about magic, and we don't believe in magic, do we? Oh, really?), and part literary; the latter because, for a police constable of modest background and educational attainments, our hero is remarkably erudite. Oh, and there's a wide streak of humour running all the way through it -- humour of that black kind which police officers, A&E doctors, and ambulance men, develop into order to protect themselves from the horrible things they have to deal with.

Fortunately, this is number two in a series, so you can go back and start with number one before getting stuck into this one. And the only thing wrong with a series such as this is that the fact that, as my dear old Mum used to say, they don't write them fast enough.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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If you'll remember from the first volume, Detective Constable Peter Grant is part of the Metropolitan Police's "Economic and Specialist Crime Unit". It consists of two people - Grant and his mentor, DCI Nightingale. Nightingale is much older than he appears and infinitely more knowledgable: he's a wizard. Grant, due to a combination of inclination and misfortune, is also a wizard - at least, he's trying really hard at it.

In the first volume, Grant is wrapped up in a fairly horrific little mystery that involves dark magic and people's faces falling in. The second volume starts with the same promise: someone out there is doing something nasty (and magical). Grant needs to solve it. This time around it is also more personal. The naughty-maker is offing jazz musicians, and Grant's dad is one of the best in the business. Although he's always been wary of it, Grant finds himself easily absorbed into the jazz scene. He finds friends (and ladyfriends) and indulges himself in a little second-hand fame due to his father's reputation. These new contacts prove valuable when it comes to snooping about in the dark and spicy Soho underworld.

Just to keep things interesting, there's also something out there eating people's anatomy. Eep.

The balance here is between plot and meta-plot. One of the cases above is a fairly transparent whodunnit. I'm not the savviest mystery reader, but I found absolutely no mystery in whoactuallyddunnit. The only detection was trying to suss if Grant was being particularly thick or if he actually knew all along and was stringing us along for extra overtime pay. This case is the book's self-contained plot.

The meta-plot is a much more complicated situation that involves the mysteeeerious origins of the magical tradition, a potential Big Bad (or Big Bads), a massive conspiracy, the misbegotten youth of DCI Nightingale and all sorts of stuff that is in no way resolved during the course of this book. It is fun - spell-fights and secret histories are invariably entertaining - but this isn't a mystery, it is epic fantasy with a hat on.

Ben Aaronovitch continues the successful formula of Rivers of London in bringing to the surface the endearing minutae of a city that he clearly adores. He also demonstrates the "real world" problems of a ritual magician trying to have some sort of "normal" life - never is this more aptly demonstrated than Grant having to run the broadband out of the garage, lest the cabling interfere with his home's magical protections. Grant continues to observe his world(s) in a detached way - a narrative voice that lends itself well to dry humor (and fits less neatly with the book's few over-the-top action scenes). Mr. Aaronovitch is, in short, writing the best contemporary occult detective series on the shelf today, and that's by a substantial margin.

My neuroses stem from concerns about the balance of "occult" and "detective". I hasten to add that I am making a very large mountain out of a very small molehill. Moon Over Soho is VERY good. One of PC Grant's core personality traits is his emphasis in approaching everything - even the supernatural - in a modern and rational way. Despite his wizardry, he is, in fact, the consummate detective.
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Review of Moon over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch
I read the prequel to this book (Rivers of London) on the back of rave reviews from most of the newspapers. They weren't wrong! Read more
Published 10 days ago by TerryT
Good read
Read Rivers of London (Rivers of London 1) first :0 - this book continues the story - roll on June 21st for Whispers under ground!!!
Published 10 days ago by D. I. Stewart
A great sequel
I'm very impressed with Ben Aaronovitch's series about a junior policeman/wizard in modern London. A compelling mix of horror, action, silliness and fantasy set in a subtly twisted... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Ed F
moon over soho
Like the first book, this was a very easy and enjoyable read. The reader gets thrown into the first-person narrative with gusto and I happily felt like I had no clue what was going... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ali
ENTHRALLING
I FOUND THIS BOOK ENTIRELY SATISFYING AS AN UNUSUAL THRILLER, ALSO THE SEQUEL "MOON OVER SOHO" AND LOOK FORWARD TO AARONOVITCHE'S NEXT BOOK DUE OUT IN DECEMBER.
Published 1 month ago by Easy riser
action-packed English urban fantasy police procedural, no vamps or...
This turned into not just a page-turner but a page-flipper for me, so it seems unfair to say I had a short uphill climb through the first couple of chapters. Read more
Published 1 month ago by skiffybrummie
A very British Urban Fantasy...
Another brilliant instalment from Aaronovitch who moves the action to another area of London, Soho.

Peter Grant is still dealing with the fallout of the events in Covent... Read more
Published 2 months ago by 28daysearlier
Enjoyable, but not as much as the first book in this series!
This is the second book in the urban fantasy series involving PC Peter Grant, Apprentice Wizard in the London Metropolitan Police. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sarah Durston
Music and Murder
This is the second book I have read by David. The first being "The Rivers of London".
I like his knowledge of London and the mix of the supernatural with the crimes that takes... Read more
Published 2 months ago by timoshenko
I am counting the days until the next one is out
Ben Aaranovitch is such a refreshing find as an author. I gulped down Rivers of London in one sitting, and this second book in the series does not disappoint. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
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