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Violence
Some
Missing children; supernatural menace in a rural setting; some violence
Language
Some
Some strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific difference between urban and rural magic; Peter's discomfort in a world where his usual tools don't work; the very different way the countryside keeps its secrets
What this book is about
PC Peter Grant is sent to rural Herefordshire to assist in the disappearance of two young girls — the police don't think it's supernatural, but Peter's presence is requested as a precaution. It is supernatural, in ways that involve the English countryside's particular brand of fairy tale logic rather than London's urban magic. Ben Aaronovitch's fifth Peter Grant novel is his most specifically pastoral — it takes the series out of London entirely and into a world where the rules are different, where Peter's urban competence doesn't quite translate, and where the supernatural is as old as the landscape itself.
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fifth Rivers of London / Peter Grant novel by Ben Aaronovitch; set in rural England
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