Rivers of London: 1-3 Slipcase Set (Graphic Novel) - by Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel (Mixed Media Product)

About the Book

Peter Grant, having become the first English apprentice wizard in fifty years, must immediately deal with two different but ultimately inter-related cases. In one he must find what is possessing ordinary people and turning them into vicious killers, and in the second he must broker a peace between the two warring gods of the River Thames.

Book Synopsis

Dive in at the beginning of the bestselling cops and wizards series from chart-topping author (and comics writer) Ben Aaronovitch, with this Box Set Edition of the first three graphic novels! Including Art Cards featuring the cover art from the individual books. Including: Volume 1: Bodywork, Volume 2: Night Witch, Volume 3: Black Mould

A stunning box set edition of the bestselling first three graphic novels in the Rivers of London sequence, starring Ben Aaronovitch's laconic trainee wizard and budding detective, Peter Grant. All-new adventures for Peter and the Folly - that are essential parts of the smash-hit novel continuity! Peter Grant is part of a very special London police unit. Full-time cop and part-time wizard, he works on rather unusual crimes - those that involve magic and the general weirdness that permeates London's dark underbelly.
In the first volume, Body Work, Police Constable Peter Grant and his boss, Thomas Nightingale, London's only wizarding cops, tackle a case that begins with a perfectly innocent car on a homicidal killing spree - without a driver. But then, before you know it, there's a Bosnian refugee, the Most Haunted Car in England, a bunch of teenagers loaded on Ketamine and a seemingly-harmless wooden bench with the darkest of pasts...
In the second volume, Night Witch, Peter and Nightingale are press-ganged into helping a Russian oligarch hunt his missing daughter, where they are caught up in a battle between Russian gunmen, a monstrous forest creature - and their nemesis: The Faceless Man. But as Grant and Nightingale close in on the missing girl, they discover that nothing about this case is what it seems!
In the third volume, Black Mould, something dark and slimy is dripping through the walls of suburban London. Not the usual stuff that smells funny and can be hell on the lungs, this mould is possessed by dark power and worse intentions. Looks like it's another case for London's one and only trainee wizard cop, Peter Grant, joined here by his reluctant partner, Sahra Guleed!

Review Quotes

"Each one reads as a satisfying novella in their own right ... a vibrant world of perfectly matched text and illustration" - Crime review

"A fantastic balance between the horrific and the humorous ... Aaronovitch has brought the same effort and skill to these as he has to the rest of the books ... the artwork throughout is fantastic and there's some wonderfully atmospheric, and in some places horrific scenes that are brought to life beautifully by the art and colouring" - Big Comic Page

About the Author

Ben Aaronovitch is perhaps best known for his series of Peter Grant novels, which began with Rivers of London. Mixing police procedural with urban fantasy and London history, these novels, the latest of which is The Hanging Tree, have now sold over a million copies worldwide. A new Peter Grant novella, The Furthest Station, is now available.
Ben is also known for his TV writing, writing fan-favourite episodes of Doctor Who; 'Remembrance of the Daleks' and 'Battlefield'. He wrote an episode of BBC hospital drama, Casualty, and contributed to cult SF show, Jupiter Moon.
Ben was born, raised and lives in London, and says he will leave the city when they prise it out of his cold, dead fingers.

Lee Sullivan began his comics career at Marvel UK, drawing Transformers and Robocop for the US before moving on to Judge Dredd and Thunderbirds - and Doctor Who, for which he continues to draw, for a variety of publishers. He played saxophone in a Roxy Music tribute band for a decade. He has dotted various Roxy Music-related gags through this series!