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Whispers Underground

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2012

Peter Grant is learning magic fast. And its just as well – he’s already had run ins with the deadly supernatural children of the Thames and a terrifying killer in Soho. Progression in the Police Force is less easy. Especially when you work in a department of two. A department that doesn’t even officially exist. A department that if you did describe it to most people would get you laughed at. And then there’s his love life. The last person he fell for ended up seriously dead. It wasn’t his fault, but still.

Now something horrible is happening in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system that honeycombs the ancient foundations of London. And delays on the Northern line is the very least of it. Time to call in the Met’s Economic and Specialist Crime Unit 9, aka ‘The Folly’. Time to call in PC Peter Grant, Britain’s Last Wizard.

 

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Whispers Underground 2012-07-10 01:39:26 ChrisW
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3.8
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4.5
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4.0
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4.0
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3.5
ChrisW Reviewed by ChrisW    July 10, 2012
Last updated: July 11, 2012
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'Whispers Underground' continues PC Peter Grant's architectural romp around London. This time focusing on the London underground. The Folly gets a new apprentice in PC Leslie May and the two of them team up to try and solve a murder that occurred in the Tube System as well as continuing the search for the "Faceless Man" from the last book. Throw in some half fae, magical markets, an over eager FBI agent, some sexual tension and magic battles and you have the recipe for another great book from Aaronovitch.

I really enjoyed the first 2/3rds of the book, it was everything I've come to love about this series. Fast paced, witty, learning about London and Police work. Unfortunately though the last third was a bit of a mess and really a bit of a let down for me. The plot just round down without much of a climax and Aaronovitch was intertwining the Faceless man plot with the Murder plot. That really didn't work for me and the result was that 'Whispers' was more like a middle book of a trilogy than a self contained serial novel.

Don't get me wrong, I still really enjoyed, but it wasn't as good as 'Moon over Soho'.

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