Welcome to February and Creative Romance Month, An Affair to Remember Month based on the 1957 film, Black History Month, American Heart Month, and as well as Valentine's Day, Ash Wednesday, Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon.
Our author of the month is Ben Aaronovitch who was born on February 22, 1964. Once upon a time, he was a writer for Dr. Who, Casualty, and the soap opera Jupiter Moon. While working at Waterstones in the Crime and Fiction sections at Covent Gardens, the Rivers of London series was born.
The series involves Peter Grant, a mixed race detective, for the London Metropolitan Police who works for Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale, the head of a magical and supernatural Special Operations Unit. A combination mystery, fantasy, and police procedural, the series is both serious and hilarious.
There are nine primary books in the series, as well as comic books/graphic novels, and numerous short stories. I fell in like with Peter Grant in the first book Rivers of London in which the rivers are ruled by water Gods and Goddesses, Peter is trying to solve a murder with a ghost as an eyewitness, and learn magic at the same time. I'm currently reading the second book, Moon over Soho, in which something or someone is killing jazz musicians. The stories are creative and entertaining and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Happy February!
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