Broken Homes: Rivers of London, Book 4
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“Broken Homes” is the fourth book in the so called “PC Peter Grant series”. Although I l love the well researched details for the structure of the Metropolitan Police Service (also called MPS or Met) and the dry humour in which Peter uses to teach the reader in the all day red tape madness a police officer is confronted with, does the book offer hardly anything else that gets stuck. I had hopes for a further more light on the background of Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale or a sooner reveal concerning the where- and whatabouts of the Faceless Man. The story itself rippled over the length of several chapters. Still a good read, but nothing too outstanding. Peter is his charming self and Mr Aaronovitch stays true to his writing but the entire book lacked the atmosphere of dry humour and haunting parallel London the three other books of the series showed so brilliantly. (As a hint for those who read them: The Silent People.) Outstanding in my point of view were the last two Chapters. I was glued to the pages and couldn’t put the book aside before I finished it. I have the suspicion (and hope) that “Broken Homes” got the unloved role of a fill-in between the brilliant show-down of “Whispers Under Ground” and the 5th book that is yet to come. Although it slightly disappointed me in the dynamic of story telling, I’m really looking forward to continue reading the series.
Book Information
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“Broken Homes” is the fourth book in the so called “PC Peter Grant series”. Although I l love the well researched details for the structure of the Metropolitan Police Service (also called MPS or Met) and the dry humour in which Peter uses to teach the reader in the all day red tape madness a police officer is confronted with, does the book offer hardly anything else that gets stuck. I had hopes for a further more light on the background of Detective Chief Inspector Nightingale or a sooner reveal concerning the where- and whatabouts of the Faceless Man. The story itself rippled over the length of several chapters. Still a good read, but nothing too outstanding. Peter is his charming self and Mr Aaronovitch stays true to his writing but the entire book lacked the atmosphere of dry humour and haunting parallel London the three other books of the series showed so brilliantly. (As a hint for those who read them: The Silent People.) Outstanding in my point of view were the last two Chapters. I was glued to the pages and couldn’t put the book aside before I finished it. I have the suspicion (and hope) that “Broken Homes” got the unloved role of a fill-in between the brilliant show-down of “Whispers Under Ground” and the 5th book that is yet to come. Although it slightly disappointed me in the dynamic of story telling, I’m really looking forward to continue reading the series.