A moment later David Moore was lying on the floor, a huge hole carved out of his chest.Īn autopsy reveals that whatever blasted the cavernous hole in David Moore’s chest also shot a metal cylinder into his body, and the cylinder had the magical signature known as vestigia, which is made up of faint sensory impressions. The robbery, says Phillip, was interrupted by a flash of blinding light.

Phillip had been unable to help the shop had no record of such a ring and he could not find it anywhere.

The ring sounded like a puzzle ring, and it bore alchemical or mystical symbols. The victim, David Moore, had leveled a pistol at the shopkeeper, silver dealer Phillip Arnold, and demanded a ring that he’d once given to his ex-wife and that she told him she had left at Phillip’s shop. The murder took place at one of the underground stores. Peter Grant, the hero of the series and a police detective specializing in investigating paranormal crimes, is called to the scene along with his counterpart, Sahra Guleed, and his boss, Thomas Nightingale (Peter also brings with him his trainee/apprentice, Danni, whom he and Nightingale have recently recruited). The mystery at the center of Amongst Our Weapons, your latest urban fantasy novel, begins with a murder at the London Silver Vaults. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s about to encounter something-and somebody-that nobody ever expects… 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.Īlongside 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!Īnd Peter must solve this case soon, because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace-only that’s what happened. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a paparazzi convention. The London Silver Vaults-for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. There is a world hidden underneath this great city. 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. Janine B Reviews / Book Reviews Angel / biracial hero / London / Magic / POC / police procedural / pregnancy / religion / Rivers of London / UF / Urban-Fantasy 2 Comments ApREVIEW: Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

Amongst our weapons