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The Furthest Station

A Rivers of London Novella

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By: Ben Aaronovitch
Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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Summary

 A Rivers of London novella, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.

There's something going bump on the Metropolitan line and Sergeant Jaget Kumar knows exactly who to call. It's PC Peter Grant's speciality...

Only it's more than going 'bump'. Traumatised travellers have been reporting strange encounters on their morning commute, with strangely dressed people trying to deliver an urgent message. Stranger still, despite calling the police themselves, within a few minutes the commuters have already forgotten the encounter - making the follow up interviews rather difficult.

So with a little help from Abigail and Toby the ghost hunting dog, Peter and Jaget are heading out on a ghost hunting expedition. Because finding the ghost and deciphering their urgent message might just be a matter of life and death.

Praise for the Rivers of London novels:

'Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there more than the real London'
NICK FROST

'As brilliant and funny as ever'
THE SUN

'Charming, witty, exciting'
THE INDEPENDENT

'An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups'
THE TIMES

Discover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies around the world. If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett or Douglas Adams - don't panic - you will love Ben Aaronovitch's imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible novels and novellas.©2017 Ben Aaronovitch Crime Fiction Fantasy Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Haunted Paranormal Crime
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Critic reviews

Highly entertaining
Funny and wildly inventive
Masterfully crafted ... gives the late, great Terry Pratchett a run for his money
Ben Aaronovitch has created a wonderful world full of mystery, magic and fantastic characters. I love being there even more than the real London
Charming, witty, exciting
An incredibly fast-moving magical joyride for grown-ups
All stars
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Left wondering why this story wasn't incorporated into a full length novel. Good story more akin to the early books, with touches of Neverwhere. But some unresolved plot holes and the asides to American listeners /readers niggled. Teen character may please younger audience but overall not sure this was worth a credit.

Much better but

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Ben Aaronovitch and Kobna Holdbrook-Smith are my dream team audio book pairing. Engaging stories full of the believable and unbelievable, narrated with clarity, precision, humour and an uncanny ability to move between character voices.

Great story, superb narration

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The usual set up of the likeable PC Peter Grant, the urbane DCI Nightingale and weird Molly. Pleasantly supernatural. I very much enjoyed it. Narrator excellent. Veers from English RP to West African seamlessly. Likeable voice for a likeable character.

You know what you're going to get

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The combination of Ben's storytelling and Kobna's narration is a match made in heaven. Listening is such a joyous experience that I had planned to save this novella till Christmas. But instant gratification took over...
The PC Peter Grant universe lends itself well to the novella format - I hope there is more.

Unfortunately there is one detraction. The translation of English cultural specific terms into American English - for Reynolds (CIA agent) . It's annoying and disrupts the flow. Despite Kobna's seamless rendition - it jarrs me out of my suspension of disbelief every time.

A treat

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Marvellous as ever. Love this series , imaginative, funny , great characters. Keep it up

more , more . more !

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