Booklog 48/2020: Ben Aaronovitch: False Value – Audio – Rivers of London #8

[jacey]

This is slightly weird to begin with because it seems as if Peter Grant is out of the police force and has taken a job as security for Terrence Skinner, a Silicon Valley tech genius who is obviously a fan of Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Universe (cue lots of references). Peter's girlfriend, Beverly, river goddess of Beverley Brook, is heavily pregnant, so he's about to become a family man. He has to fit in with a bunch of geeks – even geekier than he is. Tech and magic meet over Skinner's big secret hidden in the basement. I'm a big fan of the Rivers of London novels, but this isn't one of my favourites. The narration, by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, is excellent, but I confess I had a long hiatus about halfway through which probably didn't help my enjoyment.