A New Book About London

Author : Ben Aaronovitch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781625676153
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Rivers of London written by Ben Aaronovitch and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10th Anniversary Edition of Midnight Riot by #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch, the first book in the international bestselling Rivers of London series! Restored to its original British title Rivers of London, this Author's Preferred Edition includes revised text never before seen by US readers and a new introduction by the author. My name is Peter Grant and until recently I was just another probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right thinking people as the Metropolitan Police and by everyone else as the filth. My only concerns in life were avoiding a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - We do paperwork so other coppers don't have to - and where to get a hot coffee while on late shift. Then one night, in pursuance of a murder inquiry, I tried to take a witness statement from a man who was dead, but disturbingly voluble and that brought me to the attention Chief Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in Britain. And that, as they say, is where the story really starts. Now I'm in plain clothes and the first apprentice wizard in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated. Now I'm dealing with nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the River Thames and digging up graves in Covent Garden - and that's just the routine stuff. Because there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious, vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair. The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's fallen to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying. Which, I don't mind telling you, would involve a hell of a lot of paperwork.

Author : Nick Jones
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1982693665
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Shadows of London written by Nick Jones and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A time traveler’s work is never done. Likable antiques dealer Joseph Bridgeman is back in the present and dreaming of a quiet life. But when a mysterious and enigmatic time traveler arrives in his shop, Joe learns that his first trip was just the beginning and this time, the rules of the game have changed. Blackmailed into accepting a new mission, Joe is flung back to 1960s London where he comes face-to-face with a ruthless gangster and witnesses the brutal murder of an innocent woman. Joe knows better than most that death can be reversed and the final chapter is sometimes where the story actually begins. Emotionally involved, he has no choice but to act, and quickly. With the help of Vinny, his vinyl-loving sidekick, Joe once again sets out to change the course of history. Sounds simple enough ... but when it comes to time travel, nothing is ever as it seems. Who is the old time traveler working for? And who decides what can and can’t be changed? In a thrilling twist, Joe discovers that the victim is critically important to the future, and what starts out as a straightforward mission soon becomes a race to unravel a mystery—one that threatens the very timeline he fought so hard to protect. Joe must dig deeper than ever, master his newfound skills, and save the woman before the past catches up with him for good. Turns out time doesn’t heal after all. It just adds salt.

Author : Katherine Reay
Publisher : Harper Muse
ISBN 13 : 0785290214
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The London House written by Katherine Reay and published by Harper Muse. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovering a dark family secret sends one woman through the history of Britain’s World War II spy network and glamorous 1930s Paris to save her family’s reputation. Caroline Payne thinks it’s just another day of work until she receives a call from Mat Hammond, an old college friend and historian, but Mat has uncovered a scandalous secret kept buried for decades: In World War II, Caroline’s British great-aunt betrayed family and country to marry her German lover. Determined to find answers and save her family’s reputation, Caroline flies to her family’s ancestral home in London. She and Mat discover diaries and letters that reveal her grandmother and great-aunt were known as the “Waite sisters.” Popular and witty, they came of age during the interwar years, a time of peace and luxury filled with dances, jazz clubs, and romance. The buoyant tone of the correspondence soon yields to sadder revelations as the sisters grow apart, and one leaves home for the glittering fashion scene of Paris, despite rumblings of a coming world war. Each letter brings more questions. Was Caroline’s great-aunt actually a traitor and Nazi collaborator, or is there a more complex truth buried in the past? Together, Caroline and Mat uncover stories of spies and secrets, love and heartbreak, and the events of one fateful evening in 1941 that changed everything. In this rich historical novel from award-winning author Katherine Reay, a young woman is tasked with writing the next chapter of her family’s story. But Caroline must choose whether to embrace a love of her own and proceed with caution if her family’s decades-old wounds are to heal without tearing them even further apart. Praise for The London House: “Carefully researched, emotionally hewn, and written with a sure hand, The London House is a tantalizing tale of deeply held secrets, heartbreak, redemption, and the enduring way that family can both hurt and heal us. I enjoyed it thoroughly.” —Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Names A stand-alone split-time novel Partially epistolary: the historical storyline is told through letters and journals Book length: approximately 102,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Author : Haily Meyers
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423642422
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book All Aboard! London written by Haily Meyers and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A train travels past London's various landmarks, from Big Ben and the Gherkin to the Tower Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral.

Author : Amitava Kumar
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415942102
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Bombay--London--New York written by Amitava Kumar and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Tessa Hadley
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062060902
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The London Train written by Tessa Hadley and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times Notable Book from one of today’s most acclaimed writers, two lives stretched between two cities converge in a chance meeting that will irrevocably change their lives. “Hadley is a supremely perceptive writer of formidable skill and intelligence, someone who goes well beyond surfaces.”—New York Times Book Review Unsettled by the recent death of his mother, Paul sets out in search of Pia, his daughter from his first marriage, who has disappeared into the labyrinth of London. Discovering her pregnant and living illegally in a run-down council flat with a pair of Polish siblings, Paul is entranced by Pia’s excitement at living on the edge. Abandoning his second wife and their children in Wales, he joins her to begin a new life in the heart of London. Cora, meanwhile, is running in the opposite direction, back to Cardiff, to the house she has inherited from her parents. She is escaping her marriage, and the constrictions and disappointments of her life in London. But there is a deeper reason why she cannot stay with her decent Civil Service husband; the aftershocks of which she hasn’t fully come to terms with herself. Connecting both stories is the London train, and a chance meeting that will have immediate and far-reaching consequences for both Paul and Cora.

Author : Paul Cornell
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 076533027X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book London Falling written by Paul Cornell and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A writer of the acclaimed modern incarnation of Doctor Who begins a nail-biting contemporary dark fantasy series

Author : Alice Stevenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910463024
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Ways to Walk in London written by Alice Stevenson and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiring collection of London walks, notes and artwork

Author : Andrew Taylor
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0008119066
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Ashes of London (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 1) written by Andrew Taylor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-04-07 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the No. 1 Times bestselling series ‘This is terrific stuff’ Daily Telegraph ‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times ‘A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot’ The Times

Author : Ashley Evanson
Publisher : Penguin Workshop
ISBN 13 : 0448489163
Total Pages : 15 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book London written by Ashley Evanson and published by Penguin Workshop. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "London can be rainy, or it can be sunny. Some Buckingham Palace guards are big, and others are little. Explore opposites through the sights of London..."--Amazon.com.