Tales from the Folly: A Rivers of London Short Story Collection

by Ben Aaronovitch

Overview

Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short story collection from bestselling author, Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.

Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the reader a deeper into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must read for any Rivers of London fan.

Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what’s haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop, and what exactly happened to the River Lugg…

With an introduction from internationally bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.

This collection includes:
The Home Crowd Advantage
The Domestic
The Cockpit
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny
King of The Rats
A Rare Book of Cunning Device
A Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Favourite Uncle
Vanessa Sommer’s Other Christmas List
Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby
Moments One-Three

Praise for the Rivers of London series:
“Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London” –Nick Frost
“A superlative blend of whimsy and grit…Jim Butcher meets Douglas Adams” —Publishers Weekly
“…my favorite current series… delightful, compulsive and fresh—with a love of multicultural London evident on every page, wonderfully diverse characters, magic, mystery, and mayhem. Once you start, you will literally not be able to put them down.” —Lavie Tidhar in Washington Post
“…recounted with deadpan British wit and irony…packed with fascinating historical detail… Lively and amusing and different.” —Kirkus

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625675019
Publisher:	JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
Publication date:	07/31/2020
Series:	Rivers of London Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
Sales rank:	197,001
File size:	588 KB

About the Author

Born and raised in London, Ben Aaronovitch worked as a scriptwriter for Doctor Who and Casualty before the inspiration for his own series of books struck him whilst working as a bookseller in Waterstones Covent Garden. Ben Aaronovitch’s unique novels are the culmination of his experience of writing about the emergency services and the supernatural.

Table of Contents

Charlaine Harris on Rivers of London vii

Introduction to the Introductions ix

Part 1 The Peter Grant Stories

The Home Crowd Advantage 3

The Domestic 25

The Cockpit 43

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny 59

King of The Rats 79

A Rare Book of Cunning Device 93

Part 2 The Others' Stories

Introduction 117

A Dedicated Follower of Fashion 119

Favourite Uncle 151

Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List 177

Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby 193

Moment 1 London September 1966 207

Moment 1 London September 1966 213

Moment 1 London September 1966 217

Just One More Thing… 223

About the Author 225

Editorial Reviews

"Narrator Kobna Holdbrook–Smith reprises his role as Peter Grant in the first part of the audiobook, continuing his exemplary work voicing the sarcastic, young policeman turned wizard." ---AudioFile

From the Publisher

Fans of Ben Aaronovitch’s long-running Rivers of London series will thoroughly enjoy this collection of short stories set across the series’ expanded universe. Narrator Kobna Holdbrook-Smith reprises his role as Peter Grant in the first part of the audiobook, continuing his exemplary work voicing the sarcastic, young policeman turned wizard. In the production’s second part, a variety of narrators tackle a range of stories featuring many popular secondary characters, including Sam Peter Jackson’s return as Tobias Winter from THE OCTOBER MAN and Shvorne Marks as Abigail Kamara. Though a full cast sometimes creates an uneven quality, here each narrator suits their role and brings something special to the audiobook. Aaronovitch himself narrates the introductions and transitions with charming insight and humor. N.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine

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