London Police
Constable Peter Grant returns for the third volume of this urban fantasy series
with a well connected American murder victim that has a trace of magic attached
to him. The complex plot weaves together a born again Christian FBI agent who
does not like the idea of magic, some very special pottery, a teenaged girl who
is catching on to the whole magic thing all too quickly, an underground world
and the larger story arc of the deadly rogue magician- all told in the funny,
snarky voice of Grant. This volume gets back to the frantic pace that the first
in the series had.
I did find
myself getting lost at times because of the large number of characters, unable
to remember if this or that person was FBI, London police, or counter terrorism. Thankfully
the main characters have had three books to flesh out their parts and there is
no forgetting them! Character is one of the things that shines in this series;
no one is a caricature and everyone is well drawn. London itself is so thoroughly described,
history and all, that the city almost becomes a character in its own right. The
other strong suite is the humor; a dry, witty way of describing things and
great banter between the main characters. I hope this series goes on for many
books!
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